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: ghoilo-s 'foaming, turbulent, frothing up'
Semantic Field(s): Wave, Surge
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celtic | ||||
| Middle Irish: | gāel | n | relationship | GED |
| Welsh: | gaol | n | love | GED |
| English | ||||
| Old English: | gāl | adj | gole, gay, joyous; greedy | ASD |
| gāl-mōd | adj | wanton, licentious, light-minded | ASD | |
| wīn-gāl | adj | intoxicated, lit. wine-gay | LRC | |
| English: | Gálmód | prop.n | Grima's father in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | LRC |
| gole | adj | merry, lusty, wanton, licentious, lascivious | OED | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Dutch: | geil | adj | gole | ASD |
| gijl | n | beer under fermentation | GED | |
| gijlen | vb | to ferment | GED | |
| Old Saxon: | gēl | adj | gole, frolicsome | GED |
| gēl-mōd | adj | gole, light-minded | ASD | |
| Middle Low German: | gīlen | vb.wk | to desire | GED |
| Old High German: | geil | adj | gole, frolicsome | GED |
| keilī | n | lasciviousness | GED | |
| Middle High German: | geil | adj | gole | ASD |
| geilen | vb.wk | to make merry | GED | |
| German: | geil | adj | gole | ASD |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Icelandic: | geil-igr | adj | beautiful | GED |
| gil-ker | n | fermenting vat | GED | |
| gœl-igr | adj | beautiful | GED | |
| Norwegian: | gil | n | beer under fermentation | GED |
| Danish: | geil | adj | gole | ASD |
| East Germanic | ||||
| Gothic: | *gailjan | vb.wk.I | to delight | GED |
| Baltic | ||||
| Lithuanian: | gaĩla | adj | desirable | GED |
| gailùs | adj | pitiful; sharp, bitter | GED | |
| Latvian: | gaîlêt | vb | to glow | GED |
| gails | adj | voluptuous | GED | |
| Slavic | ||||
| Old Church Slavonic: | (d)zělo | adv | very | GED |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| I | = | class 1 |
| adj | = | adjective |
| adv | = | adverb(ial) |
| n | = | noun |
| prop | = | proper |
| vb | = | verb |
| wk | = | weak (inflection) |
Key to information Source codes (always with 'LRC' as editor):
| Code | Citation | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| OED | = | James A.H. Murray et al: The Oxford English Dictionary (1933) |