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: 2. ger- '(onomatopoeic: to crow, shriek, etc.)'
Semantic Field(s): Sound (n), Various Cries
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celtic | ||||
| Irish: | garan | n.masc | crane | ASD |
| Gaelic: | crac | vb | to crack | ASD |
| garan | n.masc | crane | ASD | |
| Cornish: | garan | n.fem | crane | ASD |
| Welsh: | garan | n.fem | crane | ASD/RPN |
| Gaulish: | garanos | n.masc.pl | cranes | RPN |
| English | ||||
| Old English: | ceorcian | vb | to complain | RPN |
| ce(o)rian, ceorigan, ciorian | vb | to murmur, grumble | ASD/RPN | |
| ceorran | vb | to creak | RPN | |
| cracian | vb | to crack | W7 | |
| cran | n | crane | RPN | |
| cranoc, cornuc | n | crane | RPN | |
| crāwan | vb | to crow | W7 | |
| crāwe | n.fem | crow | ASD/W7 | |
| Middle English: | crake | n | crake | W7 |
| crakken | vb | to crack | W7 | |
| cran | n | crane | W7 | |
| crowe | n | crow | W7 | |
| crowen | vb | to crow | W7 | |
| croynen | vb | to croon | W7 | |
| cur | n | cur | W7 | |
| curdogge | n | cur dog | W7 | |
| curren | vb | to growl | W7 | |
| krakenelle | n | cracknel | W7 | |
| pedegru | n | pedigree | W7 | |
| English: | crack | vb | to make sharp explosive sound (as if) in breaking | AHD/W7 |
| cracknel | n | hard brittle biscuit | AHD/W7 | |
| crake | n | rail (kind of bird) | AHD/W7 | |
| cranberry | n | bright red acid berry | AHD/W7 | |
| crane | n | tall wading bird | AHD/W7 | |
| croon | vb | to boom, bellow | AHD/W7 | |
| crow, crew | vb.str/wk | to make loud shrill sound like rooster | W7 | |
| crow | n | glossy black oscine bird | AHD/W7 | |
| cur | n | mongrel/inferior dog | AHD/W7 | |
| geranium | n | plant having flowers without spurs | AHD/W7 | |
| grackle | n | Old World starling | AHD/W7 | |
| pedigree | n | register recording ancestral line | AHD/W7 | |
| Stormcrow | prop.n | epithet for Gandalf in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | LRC | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Frisian: | krie | n | crow | ASD |
| Middle Dutch: | cronen | vb | to croon | W7 |
| Dutch: | korren | vb | to coo (as pigeons) | ASD |
| kraai | n.fem | crow | ASD | |
| kraaijen | vb | to crow | ASD | |
| kraan | n.fem | crane | ASD | |
| kraken | vb | to crack | ASD | |
| Old Saxon: | krāia | n.fem | crow | ASD |
| krano | n | crane | RPN | |
| Low German: | kraan | n | crane | W7 |
| kraanbere | n | cranberry | W7 | |
| Old High German: | kerren | vb | to murmur, chatter | ASD |
| krachjan, krachōn | vb | to crack | ASD | |
| krāhan, krājan | vb | to crow | ASD | |
| krano | n | crane | W7 | |
| kranuh | n.masc | crane | ASD/RPN | |
| krā(w)a | n.fem | crow | ASD/W7 | |
| queran | vb | to creak, murmur | ASD | |
| Middle High German: | kërren, kirren | vb | to murmur, complain | ASD |
| krā | n.fem | crow | ASD | |
| krachen | vb | to crack | ASD | |
| kræjen | vb | to crow | ASD | |
| kranech | n.masc | crane | ASD | |
| German: | kerren | vb | to murmur, make a harsh sound | ASD |
| krachen | vb | to crack | ASD | |
| Krähe | n.fem | crow | ASD | |
| krähen | vb | to crow | ASD | |
| Kranich | n.masc | crane | ASD | |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Norse: | krāka | n | crow | W7 |
| krākr | n | raven | W7 | |
| trana | n | crane | KNW | |
| Icelandic: | trana | n.fem | crane | ASD |
| trani | n.masc | crane | ASD | |
| Danish: | krage | n | crow | TLL |
| trane | n.masc/fem | crane | ASD | |
| Swedish: | kran | n | water tap; crane: machine | SAO/TLL |
| kråka | n | crow | TLL | |
| trana | n.fem | crane: bird | ASD | |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin: | geranium | n.neut | geranium | W7 |
| graculus | n.masc | grackle, jackdaw | W7 | |
| grūs | n.masc/fem | crane | RPN | |
| New Latin: | geranium | n.neut | geranium | W7 |
| Baltic | ||||
| Old Prussian: | gerwe | n | crane | RPN |
| Lithuanian: | garnỹs | n | heron | RPN |
| gérvė | n | crane | RPN | |
| Slavic | ||||
| Old Church Slavonic: | žeravь | n | crane | RPN |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Greek: | geranion | n.neut | geranium | W7 |
| γέρανος | n.masc/fem | crane | RPN | |
| Armenian | ||||
| Armenian: | kṙunk | n | crane | RPN |
| Indic | ||||
| Sanskrit: | járate | vb | to call to; crackle (of fire) | RPN |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| neut | = | neuter (gender) |
| pl | = | plural (number) |
| prop | = | proper |
| 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) |
| KNW | = | Gerhard Köbler: Altnordisches Wörterbuch, 2nd ed. (2003) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| RPN | = | Allan R. Bomhard: Reconstructing Proto-Nostratic (2002) |
| SAO | = | Swedish Academy: Svenska Akademiens Ordbok (2011) |
| TLL | = | Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944) |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |