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: 2. bhes- 'to blow, breathe'
Semantic Field(s): to Blow, to Breathe; Breath
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| English: | metempsychosis | n | passage of soul into (another) human/animal body at death | AHD/W7 |
| psyche | n | soul, mind | W7 | |
| psychedelic | adj | re: hallucinatory distortion of perception | AHD | |
| psychic | adj | psychogenic, re: psyche | AHD/W7 | |
| psycho- | pfx | mind, mental | AHD | |
| psychology | n | science of mental behavior/processes | AHD | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| German: | psychisch | adj | psychic | LRC |
| Italic | ||||
| Late Latin: | metempsychosis | n.fem | metempsychosis | W7 |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Greek: | empsychos | adj | provided with a soul | W7 |
| metempsychousthai | vb | to undergo metempsychosis | W7 | |
| metempsychōsis | n.fem | metempsychosis | W7 | |
| ψυχή | n.fem | psyche, (principle of) life | LRC | |
| psychikos | adj | psychic | W7 | |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| adj | = | adjective |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| pfx | = | prefix |
| 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) |
