Indo-European Lexicon
PIE Etymon and IE Reflexes
Below we display: a Proto-Indo-European (PIE) etymon adapted from Pokorny, with our own English gloss; our Semantic Field assignment(s) for the etymon, linked to information about the field(s); an optional Comment; and Reflexes (derived words) in various Indo-European languages, organized by family/group in west-to-east order where Germanic is split into West/North/East families and English, our language of primary emphasis, is artificially separated from West Germanic. IE Reflexes appear most often as single words with any optional letter(s) enclosed in parentheses; but alternative full spellings are separated by '/' and "principal parts" appear in a standard order (e.g. masculine, feminine, and neuter forms) separated by commas.
Reflexes are annotated with: Part-of-Speech and/or other Grammatical feature(s); a short Gloss which, especially for modern English reflexes, may be confined to the oldest sense; and some Source citation(s) with 'LRC' always understood as editor. Keys to PoS/Gram feature abbreviations and Source codes appear below the reflexes; at the end are links to the previous/next etyma [in Pokorny's alphabetic order] that have reflexes.
All reflex pages are currently under active construction; as time goes on, corrections may be made and/or more etyma & reflexes may be added.
Pokorny Etymon: 6. el-, elə- : lā-, el-eu-(dh-) 'to go, move, drive'
Semantic Field(s): to Go, to Move, to Drive
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celtic | ||||
| Old Irish: | luid | vb.3.sg.pret | he went | W7 |
| English | ||||
| Middle English: | proselite | n | proselyte | W7 |
| English: | elasmobranch | adj | fish with lamellate gills, incl. shark/ray/chimaera | AHD/W7 |
| elastic | adj | able to recover size/shape after deformation | AHD/W7 | |
| elater | n | click beetle | AHD/W7 | |
| elaterite | n | dark brown elastic resin | AHD/W7 | |
| proselyte | n | neophyte, new convert | AHD/W7 | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| German: | Elaterit | n | elaterite | W7 |
| Italic | ||||
| Late Latin: | proselytus | n.masc | proselyte, alien resident | W7 |
| New Latin: | elasticus | adj | ductile | W7 |
| elater | n.masc | click beetle | W7 | |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Greek: | elasmos | n.masc | metal plate | W7 |
| elatēr | n.masc | driver | W7 | |
| ἐλαύνω | vb | to drive, set in motion | LRC | |
| elthein | vb | to go | W7 | |
| -ήλυτος | sfx | (one who has) come | LRC | |
| προσήλυτος | n.masc | convert | LRC | |
| Late Greek: | elastos | adj | ductile, beaten | W7 |
| Armenian | ||||
| Classical Armenian: | elanem | vb | to come, go up | LRC |
| ełanim | vb | to become | LRC | |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | = | 3rd person |
| adj | = | adjective |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| pret | = | preterite (tense) |
| sfx | = | suffix |
| sg | = | singular (number) |
| vb | = | verb |
Key to information Source codes (always with 'LRC' as editor):
| Code | Citation | |
|---|---|---|
| AHD | = | Calvert Watkins: The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, 2nd ed. (2000) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |
