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. bhā̆u- : bhū̆- 'to hit, beat'
Semantic Field(s): to Hit, Strike, Beat
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Old English: | bēatan, bēot, bēoton, bēaten | vb.str.VII | to beat, pound, strike | LRC |
| bīetel, bīt(e)l, bȳt(e)l, bētel | n.masc/neut | beetle, hammer | ASD/CDC/RPN | |
| bȳtla | n.masc | builder, hammerer | ASD | |
| bȳtlian | vb.wk | to build, construct | ASD | |
| *hol-bȳtla | n.masc | hole-builder | LRC | |
| Middle English: | abutten | adv | partly | W7 |
| batyldore | n | bat used in washing clothes | W7 | |
| beten | vb | to beat | W7 | |
| betylle, betel | n | beetle | CDC/W7 | |
| bitel, bittill, bytylle | n | beetle | CDC/W7 | |
| bitel-browed | adj | having overhanging brows | W7 | |
| boton | n | button | W7 | |
| butres | n | buttress | W7 | |
| butte | n | flatfish | W7 | |
| butten | vb | to butt | AHD | |
| buttok | n | buttock | W7 | |
| halybutte | n.sg.pl | halibut | W7 | |
| rebuten | vb | to rebut | W7 | |
| turbot | n | turbot | W7 | |
| English: | abut | vb | to touch along border | AHD/W7 |
| baste | vb.trans | to thrash, beat soundly | AHD/W7 | |
| beat, beat, beaten | vb.str.freq | to strike repeatedly | AHD/W7 | |
| beetle | n | mallet, heavy wooden ramming/battering tool | AHD/W7 | |
| bouton | n | bud-like swelling, button-shaped object | AHD | |
| butt | n | blow/push with head/horns | AHD | |
| butt | vb | to hit/push with head/horns | AHD | |
| buttock | n | either rounded half of lower part of back | AHD/W7 | |
| button | n | small fastening knob/disk | AHD/W7 | |
| buttress | n | stabilizing wood/masonry structure | AHD/W7 | |
| clafouti(s) | n | French baked-fruit dessert | AHD | |
| confute | vb.trans | to win over by conclusive argument | AHD/W7 | |
| footle | vb | to fool, trifle, loiter, waste time | AHD/W7 | |
| gentlehobbit | n | noble/gentle hobbit in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | LRC | |
| halibut | n | marine food fish (largest flatfish) | AHD/W7 | |
| hobbit | n | halfling in Tolkien: The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings | LRC | |
| Holbytla | prop.n | a.k.a. hobbit in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | LRC | |
| rebut | vb | to repel, beat back | AHD/W7 | |
| refute | vb.trans | to overthrow by argument | AHD/W7 | |
| sackbut | n | medieval trombone | AHD/W7 | |
| turbot | n | large brownish European flatfish | AHD/W7 | |
| Scots English: | bittle, bittill | n | beetle | CDC |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Middle Low German: | but | n | flounder | W7 |
| Low German: | betel, bötel | n | beetle | CDC |
| Old High German: | bōz(z)an, pōzan | vb | to beat | ASD/RPN |
| Middle High German: | bōzel | n | beetle | CDC |
| bōzen | vb | to beat | CDC | |
| German: | boszen | vb | to beat | ASD |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Icelandic: | bauta | vb | to beat | RPN |
| beysta | vb | to baste, thresh | RPN | |
| Icelandic: | bauta | vb | to beat | CDC |
| bey(r)sta | vb | to baste, drub | CDC | |
| Danish: | böste | vb | to baste | CDC |
| Swedish: | basa | vb | to baste, whip, strike | CDC |
| bösta | vb | to baste, drub | CDC | |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin: | confuto, confutare | vb | to check, repress | W7 |
| fūstis | n | stick, staff, club | RPN | |
| -futare | vb | to beat | W7 | |
| futuo, futuere, futui, futūtum | vb | to have intercourse | AHD | |
| refuto, refutare | vb | to refute | W7 | |
| Old French: | aboter | vb | to border on | W7 |
| abuter | vb | to come to an end | W7 | |
| boterez | n.masc | projecting rock/architectural structure | W7 | |
| boton | n.masc | button | W7 | |
| bo(u)ter | vb | to butt, strike, expulse, push out | W7 | |
| but | n.masc | end, aim | W7 | |
| reboter | vb | to rebut | W7 | |
| saqueboute | n.fem | sackbut | W7 | |
| tourbot | n.masc | turbot | W7 | |
| Middle French: | boton | n.masc | button | W7 |
| bouterez | n.masc | masonry structure | W7 | |
| saqueboute | n.fem | hooked lance | W7 | |
| French: | bouton | n.masc | bud, button, bouton | LRC |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| VII | = | class 7 |
| adj | = | adjective |
| adv | = | adverb(ial) |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| freq | = | frequentative (aspect) |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| neut | = | neuter (gender) |
| pl | = | plural (number) |
| prop | = | proper |
| sg | = | singular (number) |
| str | = | strong (inflection) |
| trans | = | transitive |
| 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) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| RPN | = | Allan R. Bomhard: Reconstructing Proto-Nostratic (2002) |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |