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: 1. gu̯el- 'to stab; pain, death, quell'
Semantic Field(s): to Press, Knife (tool), Pain, Suffering, to Die; Dead; Death
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celtic | ||||
| Old Irish: | atbaill | vb | to die, perish | GED |
| Middle Welsh: | (a)ballu | vb | to die, perish | GED |
| English | ||||
| Old English: | cwalu, cwælu | n.fem | violent death, slaughter, destruction | ASD/GED |
| cwelan | vb.str | to die | GED | |
| cwellan | vb | to kill | W7 | |
| cwyld-tīd | n.str.neut | evening, time of rest | ||
| Middle English: | killen | vb | to kill | W7 |
| quell | n | quell | W7 | |
| quellen | vb | to quell, kill | W7 | |
| quille | n | quill | IEW | |
| English: | belonephobia | n | trypanophobia, fear of pins/needles | AHD |
| kill | vb | to deprive of life | AHD/W7 | |
| quell | n | killing, slaughter | AHD/W7 | |
| quell | vb.trans | to suppress, put down | AHD/W7 | |
| quill | n | large feather; weaving spool | IEW | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Dutch: | kwaal | n | fatal illness | GED |
| kwellen | vb | to vex | ASD | |
| quelen | vb | to die | ASD | |
| Old Saxon: | qualu | n.str.fem | torment | GED |
| quelan | vb | to die violently | ASD | |
| quellian | vb | to kill | ASD | |
| Old High German: | chelī, quelī | n | torment | GED |
| chwilti-werk | n.str.neut | evening work | GED | |
| quāla | n.fem | quell, torment, misery, suffering | GED | |
| quelan | vb.str.IV | to suffer | GED | |
| queljan | vb | to kill | ASD | |
| quellen | vb | to quell, kill, torture | W7 | |
| Middle High German: | quel(le)n, kellen | vb | to vex, press | ASD |
| German: | Qual | n.fem | quell, torment | LRC |
| quälen | vb | to vex | ASD | |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Icelandic: | kveld | n.str.neut | evening, time of rest | |
| kvǫl | n | suffering | GED | |
| Icelandic: | kwelja | vb | to torment | ASD |
| Danish: | qwäle | vb | to quell, torture | ASD |
| Swedish: | kväll | n | evening | TLL |
| qwälja | vb | to torment | ASD | |
| East Germanic | ||||
| Gothic: | *ana-qal | n | rest, quiet | GED |
| *ana-qilan | vb | to die, go to rest | GED | |
| Baltic | ||||
| Old Prussian: | gallan | n | death | GED |
| Lithuanian: | gãlas | n.masc | end | GED |
| gélti | vb | to prick | GED | |
| gėlà | n | severe pain | GED | |
| gìltinė | n | death | GED | |
| Latvian: | galotne | n.fem | top, summit | LRC |
| Slavic | ||||
| Old Church Slavonic: | žalь | n | pain | GED |
| žęlo | vb | to prick | GED | |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Greek: | belonē | n.fem | needle | W7 |
| Armenian | ||||
| Armenian: | kełem | n | torture | GED |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| IV | = | class 4 |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| neut | = | neuter (gender) |
| str | = | strong (inflection) |
| trans | = | transitive |
| vb | = | verb |
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) |
| GED | = | Winfred P. Lehmann: A Gothic Etymological Dictionary (1986) |
| IEW | = | Julius Pokorny: Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (1959) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| TLL | = | Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944) |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |