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: bhlīg̑- : *bhlēig- 'to hit, strike, inflict'
Semantic Field(s): to Hit, Strike, Beat
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Middle English: | afflight | adj | disturbed, frightened | AHD |
| afflighten, afflicten | vb | to afflict | W7 | |
| conflict | n | conflict | W7 | |
| English: | afflict | vb.trans | to humble, overthrow | AHD/W7 |
| conflict | n | disagreement | AHD/W7 | |
| inflict | vb.trans | to give by striking | AHD/W7 | |
| profligate | adj | given to dissipation/licentiousness | AHD/W7 | |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin: | afflīgō, afflīgere, afflictus | vb | to cast down | W7 |
| cōnflīctus, cōnflīctūs | n.masc | act of striking together | W7 | |
| cōnflīgō, cōnflīgere, cōnflictus | vb | to strike together | W7 | |
| flīgō, flīgere | vb | to strike | W7 | |
| īnflīgō, īnflīgere, īnflīctus | vb | to knock | W7 | |
| prōflīgō, prōflīgāre, prōflīgātus | vb | to strike down | W7 | |
| Slavic | ||||
| Old Church Slavonic: | blizь | prep | near (to) | LRC |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Greek: | thlibein | vb | to squeeze | W7 |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| adj | = | adjective |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| prep | = | preposition |
| 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) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |
