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: g̑ā̆r- 'to call, cry'
Semantic Field(s): to Call, Summon, to Cry, Weep
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celtic | ||||
| Old Irish: | fo-gur | n | sound | GED |
| for-con-gur | n | command | GED | |
| gāir, gairm | n | shout | GED | |
| Gaelic: | sluagh-ghairm | n.masc | army cry | W7 |
| Welsh: | gawr | n | shouting | GED |
| English | ||||
| Old English: | cear | adj | anxious, sorrowful | LRC |
| ceari(g), ceareg | adj | chary, worried, sorrowful | ASD/GED | |
| ceari(g)an, carian | vb.wk | to care, mourn | ASD/GED | |
| cearm, cyrm | n.masc | charm, shout, noise | GED | |
| cearo, c(e)aru | n.fem | care, grief, sorrow | ASD | |
| Middle English: | care | n | care | W7 |
| charme | n | charm | W7 | |
| chary | adj | chary | W7 | |
| English: | care | n | grief, suffering in mind | AHD/W7 |
| charm | n | chanting/reciting of magic spell | GED | |
| chary | adj | dear, treasured | AHD/W7 | |
| garrulous | adj | talkative, chattering | AHD/W7 | |
| slogan | n | war cry/gathering word | AHD/W7 | |
| slogorn | n | war cry/gathering word | AHD/W7 | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Old Saxon: | kara | n.fem | care, sorrow, mourning | GED |
| karōn | vb.wk | to care, mourn | GED | |
| mōd-karag | adj | sad | GED | |
| Old High German: | chara | n.str.fem | care, mourning | GED |
| charag | adj | sad, chary | GED | |
| charōn | vb.wk | to care, mourn | GED | |
| kara | n | care, lament | W7 | |
| Middle High German: | kar | n.fem | care, sorrow | ASD |
| German: | karg | adj | stingy | GED |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Icelandic: | kārna | vb | to be in despair | GED |
| kǫr | n.fem | sickbed | GED | |
| Norwegian: | karra | vb | to cackle | GED |
| Swedish: | kära | adj | chary | TLL |
| East Germanic | ||||
| Gothic: | *ga-karon | vb.wk.II | to care for | GED |
| kara | n.fem | care | GED | |
| *karon | vb.wk.II | to care, be concerned | GED | |
| un-karja | adj | careless, without attention | GED | |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin: | garrio, garrīre | vb | to chatter | W7 |
| garriō | vb | to prattle | GED | |
| garrulus | adj | bird that chatters | W7 | |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Hesychius' Greek Lexicon: | γαρριώμεθα | vb | to rail at | GED |
| Greek: | γῆρυς | n | voice | GED |
| Armenian | ||||
| Armenian: | cicaṙn | vb | to swallow | GED |
| cicaṙnuk | n | nightingale | GED | |
| Iranian | ||||
| Ossetic: | zar | n | song | GED |
| zarun | vb | to sing | GED | |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| II | = | class 2 |
| adj | = | adjective |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| str | = | strong (inflection) |
| vb | = | verb |
| wk | = | weak (inflection) |
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) |
| GED | = | Winfred P. Lehmann: A Gothic Etymological Dictionary (1986) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| TLL | = | Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944) |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |