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: 3. an(ə)- 'to breathe, respire, animate'
Semantic Field(s): to Breathe; Breath
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celtic | ||||
| Old Irish: | anāl | n | breath | GED |
| anim | n.fem | spirit | GED | |
| os-nad | n | sigh | GED/IEW | |
| Middle Breton: | anavon | n.pl | spirits, the dead | GED |
| English | ||||
| Old English: | aneþa | n | anger, hatred, enmity | GED |
| or-(o)þ | n.neut | breath | GED | |
| orðian | vb.wk.denom | to pant, breathe | GED | |
| ōþian | vb | to breathe hard | GED | |
| Middle English: | animadverten | vb | to animadvert | AHD |
| animal | n | animal | AHD | |
| animate | adj | animate | W7 | |
| animosite | n | animosity | W7 | |
| English: | anemone | n | windflower: perennial herb with large flowers | AHD |
| anima | n | soul, inner self | AHD | |
| animadvert | vb | to notice, observe | AHD/W7 | |
| animal | n | beast, non-plant | AHD/W7 | |
| animate | adj | alive, possessing life | AHD/W7 | |
| animate | vb | to give life/breath/spirit to | W7 | |
| animato | adv | lively (musical direction) | AHD/W7 | |
| animism | n | belief that nature harbors souls | AHD/W7 | |
| animosity | n | enmity | AHD/W7 | |
| animus | n | mind, disposition | AHD/W7 | |
| equanimity | n | composure under stress | AHD/W7 | |
| longanimity | n | capacity for long-suffering | AHD/W7 | |
| magnanimous | adj | generous, great-spirited | AHD/W7 | |
| pusillanimous | adj | vaccillating, lit. weak-minded | AHD/W7 | |
| unanimous | adj | of one mind | AHD/W7 | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Old Frisian: | amma | n | breath | GED |
| Old Saxon: | ando | n.wk.masc | insult, anger, bitterness | GED |
| Old High German: | anto | n.wk.masc | insult, anger, bitterness | GED |
| antōn | vb.wk | to punish, reproach | GED | |
| German: | animiert | adj | animate(d) | LRC |
| Animismus | n | animism | W7 | |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Norse: | ǫnd | n.fem | breath | LRC |
| Old Icelandic: | anda | vb.wk | to breathe | GED |
| andi | n.masc | breath, wind, spirit | GED | |
| onð | n.fem | breath | GED | |
| Danish: | aande | n | breath | TLL |
| Swedish: | ande | n | breath | TLL |
| East Germanic | ||||
| Gothic: | *uz-anan | vb.str.VI | to breathe one's last | GED |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin: | aequanimitas | n.fem | calmness, impartiality | W7 |
| anemōne@E% | n | anemone | AHD | |
| anima | n.fem | air, wind; breath, soul, spirit | GED | |
| animadverto, animadvertere | vb | to animadvert, attend to; blame, censure | W7 | |
| animal | n.neut | animal | GED | |
| animalis | adj | animate, living | W7 | |
| animo, animāre, animatus | vb | to give life to | W7 | |
| animosus | adj | spirited | W7 | |
| animus, animi | n.masc | soul, spirit, animus | GED | |
| magnanimus | adj | magnanimous | W7 | |
| unanimus | adj | unanimous | W7 | |
| Late Latin: | animositas, animositatis | n.fem | animosity | W7 |
| longanimis | adj | patient | W7 | |
| longanimitas | n.fem | longanimity | W7 | |
| pusillanimis | adj | cowardly, pusillanimous | W7 | |
| Old French: | animosite | n | animosity | AHD |
| Middle French: | animosité | n.fem | animosity | W7 |
| Italian: | animare | vb | to animate | AHD |
| animato | vb.ptc | animated | W7 | |
| Albanian | ||||
| Albanian: | ájër | n.masc | air | GED |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Greek: | ἄνεμος | n.masc | wind | GED |
| anemōnē | n.fem | anemone | W7 | |
| *ἆνος | n | face | GED | |
| *ἦνος | n | face | GED | |
| προσ-ηνής | adj | well-disposed | GED | |
| Iranian | ||||
| Old Persian: | aura | n.masc | lord | GED |
| Avestan: | ahurō | n.masc | lord | GED |
| (par-)åntyå | vb.ptc | breathing in and out | GED | |
| Indic | ||||
| Sanskrit: | aṇa | adj | alive | GED |
| ániti | vb | to breathe | GED | |
| ánilas | n | wind, breath | GED | |
| ásuḥ | n | vital strength | GED | |
| ásuras | n | lord, deity characterized by heightened life-force | GED | |
| ānanam | n | mouth | GED | |
| *ānas | n | face | GED | |
| Tocharian | ||||
| Tocharian: | āñm- | n | life, spirit | GED |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| VI | = | class 6 |
| adj | = | adjective |
| adv | = | adverb(ial) |
| denom | = | denominative |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| neut | = | neuter (gender) |
| pl | = | plural (number) |
| ptc | = | participle |
| str | = | strong (inflection) |
| 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) |
| GED | = | Winfred P. Lehmann: A Gothic Etymological Dictionary (1986) |
| IEW | = | Julius Pokorny: Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (1959) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| TLL | = | Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944) |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |