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. bhlei- 'to swell, burst, blow up'
Semantic Field(s): to Grow, to Blow
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Old English: | blegen, blēgen | n.fem | blain, boil, blister | ASD/W7 |
| *blȳster | n | blister | CDC | |
| Middle English: | blain, blane, blayn, bleyn, blein | n | blain | CDC/W7 |
| blister | n | blister | W7 | |
| English: | blain | n | inflammatory sore/swelling | AHD/W7 |
| blister | n | epidermal swelling containing watery liquid | AHD/W7 | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Middle Dutch: | bl(u)yster | n | blister | AHD/W7 |
| Dutch: | blaas | n | blister | CDC |
| blein | n.fem | blain, blister | ASD | |
| Middle Low German: | bleine | n | blain | W7 |
| Low German: | bleien | n | blain | CDC |
| German: | Blase | n.fem | blister, bubble | CDC |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Norse: | blāstr | n | blister | AHD |
| Danish: | blegn | n | blain, blister | ASD |
| Italic | ||||
| Old French: | blestre | n | blister | AHD |
| blostre | n.fem | boil | W7 | |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Hesychius' Greek Lexicon: | φλοιδέω, φλοιδιάω | vb | to seethe | RPN |
| Greek: | φλιδάω | vb | to be bursting with water | RPN |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| 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) |
| RPN | = | Allan R. Bomhard: Reconstructing Proto-Nostratic (2002) |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |
