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: dhebh-, dhebh-eu- 'to harm, injure'
Semantic Field(s): to Harm, Injure, Damage
Indo-European Reflexes:
Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
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Baltic | ||||
Lithuanian: | dobiù, dóbti | vb | to beat, kill | RPN |
Anatolian | ||||
Hittite: | te-ip-nu | vb | to scorn, despise, think little of | IEW |
Iranian | ||||
Avestan: | dab- | vb | to deceive | RPN |
Ossetic: | dawi̥n | vb | to rob, steal, pilfer | IEW |
Indic | ||||
Sanskrit: | dabhnóti | vb | to hurt, deceive | RPN |
Prakrit: | dūbhaï | vb | to be unhappy | RPN |
Pali: | dubbhati | vb | to hurt, deceive | RPN |
Gujarati: | dubhā̆vvũ, dubhvũ | vb | to vex, tease | RPN |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
Abbrev. | Meaning | |
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vb | = | verb |
Key to information Source codes (always with 'LRC' as editor):
Code | Citation | |
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IEW | = | Julius Pokorny: Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (1959) |
RPN | = | Allan R. Bomhard: Reconstructing Proto-Nostratic (2002) |