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: bheudh-, nasalized bhu-n-dh- 'to awaken, be aware'
Semantic Field(s): to Wake, to Know
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celtic | ||||
| Old Irish: | as-boind | vb | to refuse | GED |
| buide | n | satisfaction | LRC | |
| ro-bud | n | warning, advice | GED | |
| Cornish: | both | n | will | LRC |
| Welsh: | bodd | n | free will | LRC |
| English | ||||
| Old English: | bēodan, bēad, budon, boden | vb.str.II | to bid, proclaim | LRC |
| bodi(g)an, bodigean | vb | to bode, proclaim | ASD | |
| bydel, bȳdel | n.masc | beadle | ASD/W7 | |
| for-bēodan, for-bīodan | vb.str.II | to forbid | ASD/GED | |
| on-bēodan | vb.str.II | to order, proclaim | GED | |
| Middle English: | bedel(e), bidel, budel | n | beadle, herald, messenger | CDC/MEV/W7 |
| beden | vb | to bid | W7 | |
| bod(i)en | vb | to bode | CDC/W7 | |
| forbidden | vb | to forbid | W7 | |
| English: | beadle | n | minor parish official who ushers/preserves order | AHD/W7 |
| bid, bid, bade, bid(den) | vb.str | to tell, offer, command | AHD/W7 | |
| bode | vb.trans | to foretell, announce beforehand | AHD/W7 | |
| Buddha | prop.n | enlightened being named in scriptures of Buddhism, esp. Siddartha Gautama | LRC | |
| forbid, forbad(e), forbidden | vb.str.trans | to prohibit, command against | AHD/W7 | |
| verboten | adj | forbidden, prohibited | AHD | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Old Frisian: | biada | vb.str | to bid, order | GED |
| bodia | vb | to bode, proclaim | ASD | |
| Dutch: | beul | n.masc | beadle | ASD |
| bieden | vb | to bid | ASD | |
| Old Saxon: | an-biodan, an-beodan | vb.str.II | to order, proclaim | ASD/GED |
| biodan | vb.str | to bid, order | GED | |
| Old High German: | biotan | vb.str | to bid, order | GED |
| butil | n.masc | beadle, bailiff | ASD/W7 | |
| far-biotan | vb.str.II | to forbid | GED | |
| in-biotan, in-piotan | vb.str.II | to order, proclaim | ASD/GED | |
| Middle High German: | biuten | vb | to bid | ASD |
| bütel | n | beadle | ASD | |
| German: | bieten | vb | to bid | IEW |
| Büttel | n.masc | beadle | ASD | |
| verboten | adj | verboten | AHD | |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Norse: | bjóða | vb | to bid, summon; provide | LRC |
| Old Icelandic: | bjōða | vb.str | to bid, order | GED |
| Icelandic: | bjōða | vb | to bid, order | CDC |
| boða | vb | to bode, announce | ASD | |
| Danish: | bebude | vb | to bode | CDC |
| byde | vb | to bid | ASD | |
| Swedish: | bjuda | vb | to bid | ASD |
| båda | vb | to bode | CDC | |
| East Germanic | ||||
| Gothic: | *ana-biudan | vb.str.II | to bid, order | GED |
| biudan | vb | to bid | ASD | |
| Italic | ||||
| Medieval Latin: | bedellus | n | beadle, herald | AHD |
| Portuguese: | bedel | n | beadle | CDC |
| Spanish: | bedel | n | beadle | CDC |
| Old French: | bedel | n | beadle | CDC |
| French: | bedeau | n | beadle | CDC |
| Old Occitan: | bedel | n | beadle | CDC |
| Italian: | bidello | n | beadle | CDC |
| Baltic | ||||
| Lithuanian: | budė́ti | vb | to wake, be awake | GED/RPN |
| bùdinti | vb | to awaken | GED | |
| bùsti | vb | to awaken | LRC | |
| Latvian: | baũslis | vb | to offer | LRC |
| Slavic | ||||
| Old Church Slavonic: | bljudǫ | vb | to watch, observe | GED |
| buditi | vb | to awaken | RPN | |
| bъdrъ | adj | watchful | RPN | |
| bъděti | vb | to wake, be awake | GED/RPN | |
| Russian: | bljusti | vb | to watch | LRC |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Greek: | πεύθομαι | vb | to perceive, examine, experience | GED/RPN |
| πυνθάνομαι | vb.dep | to inquire, examine, experience | GED | |
| Iranian | ||||
| Avestan: | baoδaiti | vb | to perceive | LRC |
| baoðayeiti | vb | to indicate | GED | |
| Indic | ||||
| Sanskrit: | Buddha | n | Buddha | W7 |
| buddhá-ḥ | n | awakened, enlightened; understood | RPN | |
| buddhí-ḥ | n | reason, discernment, intelligence | RPN | |
| bodhá-ḥ | n | knowledge, perception | RPN | |
| bódhati | vb | to wake, awaken; notice, observe, perceive | GED/RPN | |
| bodhi-ḥ | n | perfect knowledge/wisdom | RPN | |
| *bhudh, budh | vb | to understand, be awake | CDC | |
| Tocharian | ||||
| Tocharian B: | paut- | vb | to honor, flatter | GED |
| Tocharian A: | pot- | vb | to honor, flatter | GED |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| II | = | class 2 |
| adj | = | adjective |
| dep | = | deponent |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| prop | = | proper |
| str | = | strong (inflection) |
| trans | = | transitive |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| IEW | = | Julius Pokorny: Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (1959) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| MEV | = | J.R.R. Tolkien: A Middle English Vocabulary (1922) |
| RPN | = | Allan R. Bomhard: Reconstructing Proto-Nostratic (2002) |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |