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: gheis-, and g̑heiz-d- 'shocked, aghast, confused'
Semantic Field(s): Surprise, Wonder, Astonishment
Indo-European Reflexes:
Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
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English | ||||
Old English: | gǣstan | vb.wk | to gast, afflict | GED |
gāst, gǣst | n.str.masc | ghost, angel | ASD/GED | |
Middle English: | agast | adj | aghast | W7 |
agasten | vb | to gast | W7 | |
gast, ghest, gost | n | ghost | W7 | |
gasten | vb | to frighten | W7 | |
English: | aghast | adj | shocked, struck with horror/terror/amazement | AHD/W7 |
barghest | n | ghost/goblin portending misfortune | AHD/W7 | |
gast | vb.trans | to scare, frighten | AHD/W7 | |
ghastly | adj | frightful | GED | |
ghost | n | soul, spirit, seat of life | AHD/W7 | |
poltergeist | n | mischievous ghost responsible for unexplained noises | AHD/W7 | |
Radagast | prop.n | wizard in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | LRC | |
snollygoster | n | shrewd unprincipled person/politician | AHD/W7 | |
Scots English: | gest | n | ghost | ASD |
West Germanic | ||||
Old Frisian: | gast, iest | n.masc | ghost | ASD |
Frisian: | gæst | n | ghost | ASD |
Dutch: | geest | n.masc | ghost | ASD |
Old Saxon: | gēst, gāst, geist | n.str.masc | ghost | ASD/GED |
Low German: | geest | n.masc | ghost | ASD |
Old High German: | geist | n.str.masc | ghost | GED |
Middle High German: | geist | n.masc | ghost | ASD |
German: | Geist | n.masc | ghost | ASD/W7 |
Poltergeist | n | poltergeist | W7 | |
North Germanic | ||||
Old Icelandic: | geiska-fullr | adj | lit. fearful | GED |
Icelandic: | geiski | n | fright | GED |
Danish: | geist | n.masc/fem | ghost | ASD |
Swedish: | gast | n.masc | ghost, evil spirit | ASD |
East Germanic | ||||
Gothic: | gaisjan | vb.wk.I | to be frightened | ASD |
gasts | n | ghost | LRC | |
*us-gaisjan | vb.wk.I | to frighten | GED | |
*us-gaisnan | vb.wk.IV | to be amazed, astonished | GED | |
Iranian | ||||
Avestan: | zaeša- | adj | horrible | GED |
zōišnu- | adj | frightened, trembling | GED | |
Indic | ||||
Sanskrit: | hinásti | vb | to injure, destroy | GED |
hīḍ- | vb | to be angry | GED | |
héḍas- | n | anger (of gods) | GED |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
Abbrev. | Meaning | |
---|---|---|
I | = | class 1 |
IV | = | class 4 |
adj | = | adjective |
fem | = | feminine (gender) |
masc | = | masculine (gender) |
n | = | noun |
prop | = | proper |
str | = | strong (inflection) |
trans | = | transitive |
vb | = | verb |
wk | = | weak (inflection) |
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) |
GED | = | Winfred P. Lehmann: A Gothic Etymological Dictionary (1986) |
LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |