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: ghou̯(ē)- 'to gawk, be aware of, pay attention to'
Semantic Field(s): to Know
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Old English: | gī(e)man, gēman, gȳman | vb.wk | to take care/notice of | ASD/RPN |
| gīeme | n | care | RPN | |
| Middle English: | favor | n | favor | W7 |
| gawen | vb | to gawk, gape | AHD | |
| English: | favor | n | appearance | AHD/W7 |
| favorite | n | something treated/regarded with special favor/liking | AHD/W7 | |
| gawk | adj | left-handed | AHD/W7 | |
| gawk | n | oaf, lout | AHD/W7 | |
| gawk | vb | to gape/stare | AHD/W7 | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Old Saxon: | gōma | n | entertainment | RPN |
| gōmian | vb | to guard | RPN | |
| Old High German: | gouma | n | attentiveness; banquet | RPN |
| goumōn | vb | to foresee/care for/entertain guests | RPN | |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Norse: | gaumr | n.masc | heed, attention | LRC |
| gā | vb | to heed, observe | AHD | |
| Old Icelandic: | gá | vb | to heed, observe | RPN |
| geyma | vb | to heed, mind | RPN | |
| geymdir | n | heed, attention | RPN | |
| guma | vb | to heed, pay attention to | RPN | |
| Icelandic: | geyma | vb | to take care/notice of, heed | ASD |
| Danish: | gjemme | vb | to take care/notice of, heed | ASD |
| Swedish: | gömma | vb | to take care/notice of, heed | ASD |
| East Germanic | ||||
| Gothic: | gáumjan | vb.wk.I | to observe, perceive, see | LRC |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin: | faveo, favēre | vb | to favor, help, support | RPN |
| favor | n.masc | favor, sympathy | W7 | |
| French: | faveur | n.fem | favor, friendly regard | W7 |
| Italian: | favore | n.masc | favor | W7 |
| favorire | vb | to favor | W7 | |
| favorito | n.masc | favorite, pet | W7 | |
| Slavic | ||||
| Czech: | hověju | vb | to care for, favor | RPN |
| Old Church Slavonic: | govějǫ, gověti | vb | to honor, worship | RPN |
| Russian: | govet’ | vb | to fast/attend service before sacraments | RPN |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| I | = | class 1 |
| adj | = | adjective |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| 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) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| RPN | = | Allan R. Bomhard: Reconstructing Proto-Nostratic (2002) |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |