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: 1. ad- 'at, by, to'
Semantic Field(s): Near (adj)
Indo-European Reflexes:
Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
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Celtic | ||||
Old Irish: | ad- | vb.pfx | at, to | GED |
ad-āgor | vb.1.sg | I fear | GED | |
ad-cin | vb | to gaze at | GED | |
Old Welsh: | ad | prep | to | GED |
English | ||||
Old English: | æt | prep | at, to | GED |
Middle English: | ad- | pfx | toward, in the direction of | W7 |
ado | n | lit. to do | W7 | |
at, att(e), et | prep | at | W7 | |
English: | ad- | pfx | toward, in the direction of | AHD/W7 |
-ad | sfx | to, towards, near | AHD/W7 | |
ado | n | bustle, trouble | AHD/W7 | |
amount | n | aggregate, total number/quantity | W7 | |
amount | vb.intrans | to add up | AHD/W7 | |
at | prep | by, near, beside | AHD/W7 | |
paramount | adj | of chief concern/importance | AHD | |
West Germanic | ||||
Old Frisian: | at, et, it | prep | at, to | ASD/GED |
Old Saxon: | at | prep | at, to | GED |
t-ōgian | vb.wk | to show | GED | |
Old High German: | az | prep | at, to | GED |
z-agēn | vb.wk | to hesitate | GED | |
z-ougen | vb.wk | to show | GED | |
North Germanic | ||||
Old Norse: | at | conj | that | LRC |
at | prep | at, in, to, for; until | LRC | |
Old Icelandic: | at | prep | at, to | GED |
Icelandic: | at | prep | at | CDC |
Danish: | ad | prep | at | CDC |
Swedish: | åt | prep | at | CDC |
East Germanic | ||||
Gothic: | at | prep | at, to, from | GED |
atáugjan | vb.wk.I | to show, appear | GED | |
Italic | ||||
Latin: | ac | conj | and | LRC |
ad- | pfx | towards | W7 | |
ad | prep | at, to, towards | GED | |
atque | conj | and | LRC | |
Portuguese: | a | prep | at, to | CDC |
Spanish: | á | prep | at, to | CDC |
Old French: | ad- | pfx | at, towards | W7 |
Middle French: | ad- | pfx | at, towards | W7 |
French: | à | prep | at, to | CDC |
Italian: | a | prep | at, to | CDC |
Hellenic | ||||
Greek: | δεικνύναι | vb | to show | GED |
Indic | ||||
Sanskrit: | ādhi | prep | on, unto | CDC |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
Abbrev. | Meaning | |
---|---|---|
1 | = | 1st person |
I | = | class 1 |
adj | = | adjective |
conj | = | conjunction |
intrans | = | intransitive |
n | = | noun |
pfx | = | prefix |
prep | = | preposition |
sfx | = | suffix |
sg | = | singular (number) |
vb | = | verb |
wk | = | weak (inflection) |
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) |
ASD | = | Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller: An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898) |
CDC | = | W.D. Whitney and B.E. Smith: The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia (1889-1911) |
GED | = | Winfred P. Lehmann: A Gothic Etymological Dictionary (1986) |
LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |