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: ghel- 'to yell, call, cry'
Semantic Field(s): to Call, Summon, to Cry, Weep
Indo-European Reflexes:
Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
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English | ||||
Old English: | begiellan, begeall, begullon, begollen | vb.str.III | to yell, scream, screech | LRC |
galan | vb.str | to sing | ASD/W7 | |
g(e)aldor | n.neut | spell, charm, magic, enchantment | ASD/IEW | |
gi(e)llan, gellan, gyllan | vb.str | to yell | ASD/W7 | |
gi(e)lpan, gylpan | vb.str | to boast, exult | ASD/W7 | |
nihte-gale | n.fem | nightingale | ASD/W7 | |
Middle English: | celidoine | n | celandine | W7 |
nightingale | n | nightingale | W7 | |
yellen | vb | to yell | W7 | |
yelpen | vb | to boast, cry out | W7 | |
English: | celandine | n | yellow-flowered biennial herb | AHD/W7 |
cichlid | n | tropical freshwater spiny-finned fish | AHD/W7 | |
Galdor | prop.n | Grey Haven elf in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | LRC | |
nightingale | n | Old World thrush noted for nocturnal song | AHD/W7 | |
yell | vb | to utter loud cry/scream/shout | AHD/W7 | |
yelp | vb | to utter quick sharp shrill cry | AHD/W7 | |
Scots English: | gale | vb | to cry | ASD |
West Germanic | ||||
Frisian: | galljen | vb | to yell, sing | ASD |
Dutch: | galmen | vb | to sound | ASD |
golf | n | wave, surge, billow | IEW | |
Old Saxon: | galan | vb | to sing, call | ASD |
Old Low German: | nahti-gala | n | nightingale | ASD |
Middle Low German: | gelve | n | wave, surge, billow | IEW |
Low German: | gillen | vb | to shriek | ASD |
Old High German: | calm, galm | vb | to yell, sing | ASD |
galan | vb | to sing | ASD | |
gellan | vb | to yell | W7 | |
gelph | n | outcry | W7 | |
nahti-gala | n | nightingale | ASD | |
German: | Gal(l) | n | sound | ASD |
gällen, gellen | vb | to sound | ASD | |
North Germanic | ||||
Icelandic: | gala | vb | to sing, crow | ASD |
galdr, galðr | n.masc | song, charm, spell, witchcraft, sorcery | ASD | |
gella | vb | to yell, sing | ASD | |
Danish: | gale | vb | to crow | ASD |
Swedish: | gala | vb | to crow | ASD |
Italic | ||||
Latin: | chelidonius | adj | re: swallow | W7 |
Middle French: | celidoine | n.masc | celandine | W7 |
Baltic | ||||
Lithuanian: | gulbinti | vb | to praise | LD/W7 |
Hellenic | ||||
Greek: | kichlē | n.fem | thrush, kind of wrasse | W7 |
chelidonios | adj | re: swallow | W7 | |
chelidōn, cheilidonos | n.fem | swallow | W7 |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
Abbrev. | Meaning | |
---|---|---|
III | = | class 3 |
adj | = | adjective |
fem | = | feminine (gender) |
masc | = | masculine (gender) |
n | = | noun |
neut | = | neuter (gender) |
prop | = | proper |
str | = | strong (inflection) |
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) |
IEW | = | Julius Pokorny: Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (1959) |
LD | = | Bronius Piesarskas and Bronius Svecevicius: Lithuanian Dictionary (1994) |
LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |