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: bhrag-, better bhrə-g- 'to scent, smell'
Semantic Field(s): to Smell (subj), to Smell (obj)
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Middle English: | brache | n | brach | W2I |
| fragrant | adj | fragrant | W7 | |
| English: | brach | n.arch | hound that hunts by scent | W2I |
| flair | n | discriminating sense | AHD/W7 | |
| fragrance | n | sweet odor | W7 | |
| fragrant | adj | marked by smell | AHD/W7 | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Old High German: | bracko, bracc(h)o | n | brach | AHD/W2I |
| Middle High German: | bræhen | vb | to smell | W7 |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin: | fragro, fragrare | vb | to be fragrant, perfumed | W7 |
| Late Latin: | flagro, flagrāre | vb | to burn | W7 |
| Old French: | brachet | n | brach | W2I |
| flair | n.masc | odor, action of smelling | W7 | |
| flairier | vb | to give off an odor | W7 | |
| French: | flair | n.masc | sense of smell (esp. for dogs) | W7 |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| adj | = | adjective |
| arch | = | archaic |
| masc | = | masculine (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) |
| W2I | = | Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language, 2nd ed. (1959) |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |
