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: ēudh-, ōudh-, ūdh- 'udder'
Semantic Field(s): Udder of Animals
Indo-European Reflexes:
Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
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English | ||||
Old English: | ūder | n | udder | W7 |
Middle English: | exuberant | adj | exuberant | W7 |
udder | n | udder | W7 | |
English: | exuberant | adj | joyously unrestrained/enthusiastic | AHD/W7 |
exuberate | vb | to overflow; be exuberant | AHD/W7 | |
udder | n | large pendulous organ enclosing multiple mammary glands, each with single nipple | AHD/W7 | |
West Germanic | ||||
Old Dutch: | u(y)der | n | breast, udder | ASD |
Dutch: | uijer | n | breast, udder | ASD |
Old High German: | ūtar, ūtiro | n | breast, udder | ASD/W7 |
Middle High German: | ūter, iuter | n | breast, udder | ASD |
German: | Euter | n.neut | udder | LRC |
North Germanic | ||||
Icelandic: | jūgr | n | breast, udder | ASD |
Danish: | yver | n | breast, udder | ASD |
Italic | ||||
Latin: | exuberans | vb.ptc | abundant | W7 |
exubero, exuberāre | vb | to be abundant | W7 | |
uber | adj/n.neut | fruitful; breast | W7 | |
Middle French: | exuberant | adj | abundant, demonstrative | W7 |
Hellenic | ||||
Greek: | outhar | n.neut | breast | W7 |
Indic | ||||
Sanskrit: | ūdhar | n | udder | W7 |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
Abbrev. | Meaning | |
---|---|---|
adj | = | adjective |
n | = | noun |
neut | = | neuter (gender) |
ptc | = | participle |
vb | = | verb |
Key to information Source codes (always with 'LRC' as editor):
Code | Citation | |
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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) |
LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |