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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |