an etymological journey from the Ganges to the Thames ...... (n.b. In this blog, the symbol ♣ is used to mean “is cognate with.”)
पोसना پوسنا ♣ Eng. pustule
[pōsnā], v.t. to bring up (children), tame, domesticate.
[◀MIA: Pa. pōsēti ‘nourishes’ ◀OIA pōṣáyati ‘nourishes, rears’ RV. <√puṣ ‘nourish’ ◀PIE *pū̆-, peu-, pou-, phu- ‘to blow (up), swell’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. pustule]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0280; (Turner, 1966) 8410, p.470; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 476; (MW, 1899) 0638; (Pokorny, 1959) 0847; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.171
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