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: 2. gu̯el-, gu̯elə-, gu̯lē- 'to flow, drip down; throw'
Semantic Field(s): to Flow, to Throw
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Old English: | arblast | n | arbalest | W7 |
| dēofol, dēoful, dīoful | n.masc/neut | devil | ASD/W7 | |
| Middle English: | arblast, arblest, arbelaste | n | arbalest | CDC/W7 |
| balade | n | ballad | W7 | |
| deabolik | adj | diabolic | W7 | |
| devel | n | devil | W7 | |
| embolisme | n | embolism | W7 | |
| parable | n | parable | W7 | |
| parliament | n | parliament | W7 | |
| parlour | n | parlor | W7 | |
| probleme | n | problem | W7 | |
| quailen | vb | to curdle | W7 | |
| English: | abulia | n | abnormal inability to act/make decisions | AHD/W7 |
| amphibole | n | hornblende | AHD/W7 | |
| anabolism | n | cellular molecule-building chemical reactions | TLL | |
| arbalest | n | crossbow | AHD/W7 | |
| astrobleme | n | meteor/comet impact pit/crater | AHD | |
| ball | n | large gathering for social dancing | AHD/W7 | |
| ballad | n | dance song | AHD/W2I | |
| balladeer | n | singer of ballads | AHD | |
| ballet | n | dance with light flowing figures/movements | AHD/W7 | |
| balletomane | n | ballet devotee | AHD/W7 | |
| ballista | n | ancient military engine for hurling large missiles | AHD/W7 | |
| bayadere | n | fabric with stripes in contrasting colors | AHD/W7 | |
| belemnite | n | conical fossil shell of extinct cephalopod | AHD/W7 | |
| bolide | n | very bright (exploding) meteor | AHD | |
| bolometer | n | sensitive resistance thermometer | AHD/W7 | |
| boule | n | ancient Greek legislative council | AHD/W7 | |
| devil | n | supreme evil being, e.g. Satan | AHD/W7 | |
| devilish | adj | evil, sinister, re: devil | W9 | |
| diabolic | adj | fiendish, re: devil | AHD/W7 | |
| embolism | n | intercalation | AHD/W7 | |
| emboly | n | gastrula formation by invagination of blastula wall | AHD/W7 | |
| epiboly | n | one part growing around another | AHD/W7 | |
| hyperbola | n | curve formed by intersection of plane with (certain type of) cone | AHD/W7 | |
| hyperbole | n | extravagant exaggeration used as figure of speech | AHD/W7 | |
| metabolism | n | processes of building up/destroying protoplasm incidental to life | AHD/W7 | |
| palaver | n | long parley | AHD/W7 | |
| parable | n | comparison | AHD/W7 | |
| parabola | n | curve formed by intersection of right circular cone with plane parallel to element thereof | AHD/W7 | |
| parley | vb.intrans | to confer, speak with one another | AHD/W7 | |
| parliament | n | formal conference for discussing public affairs | AHD/W7 | |
| parlor | n | room primarily used for conversation/reception of guests | AHD/W7 | |
| parol | n | word of mouth | AHD/W7 | |
| parole | n | promise made with/confirmed by pledge of honor | AHD/W7 | |
| problem | n | question raised for consideration/solution | AHD/W7 | |
| quail | vb | to wither, decline | AHD/W7 | |
| symbol | n | creedal form | AHD/W7 | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Old Frisian: | di(o)vel | n.masc | devil | ASD |
| Frisian: | deal, dijvel | n.masc | devil | ASD |
| Dutch: | bal | n | ball | CDC |
| duivel | n.masc | devil | ASD | |
| Old Saxon: | diabol, diobol, diuƀal, diuvil | n.masc | devil | ASD |
| Old High German: | quellan | vb | to well, gush | W7 |
| tiufal | n.masc | devil | ASD | |
| Middle High German: | tievel, tiuvel | n.masc | devil | ASD |
| German: | Ball | n | ball | CDC |
| Quelle | n.fem | spring, source | LRC | |
| quellen | vb | to well, gush | LRC | |
| Symbol | n.neut | symbol | LRC | |
| Teufel | n.masc | devil | ASD | |
| teuflisch | adj | devilish, diabolic | LRC | |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Icelandic: | djöfull | n.masc | devil | ASD |
| Danish: | bal | n | ball | CDC |
| diævel, dievel | n.masc | devil | ASD | |
| Swedish: | bal | n | ball | CDC |
| djefvul | n.masc | devil | ASD | |
| East Germanic | ||||
| Gothic: | diabaulus | n.masc | devil | ASD |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin: | ballista | n.fem | ballist, ballista | W7 |
| coagulo, coagulāre | vb | to curdle | W7 | |
| hyperbole | n.fem | exaggeration | W7 | |
| problema | n.neut | problem | W7 | |
| symbolum | n.neut | sign, symbol, token | W7 | |
| Late Latin: | amphibolus | adj | ambiguous | W7 |
| arcuballista | n.fem | arbalest | W7 | |
| ballo, ballāre | vb | to dance | W7 | |
| diabolicus | adj | diabolic | W7 | |
| diabolus | n.masc | slanderer | W7 | |
| parabola | n.fem | speech, parable | W7 | |
| Medieval Latin: | embolismus | n.masc | embolism | W7 |
| parabolō, parabolāre | vb | to speak in comparisons | W7 | |
| New Latin: | abulia, abuliae | n.fem | lack of will | W7 |
| hyperbola | n.fem | hyperbola | W7 | |
| parabola | n.fem | parable, comparison | W7 | |
| Portuguese: | bailadeira | n | dancer | AHD |
| bailar | n | to dance | AHD | |
| baile | n | ball | CDC | |
| ballada | n | ballad | CDC | |
| palavra | n.fem | word, speech, palaver | W7 | |
| Spanish: | baile | n | ball | CDC |
| balada | n | ballad | CDC | |
| Old French: | arbaleste, arbelest(r)e | n.fem | arbalest | CDC/W7 |
| bal | n.masc | ball | W7 | |
| balade | n | ballad | CDC | |
| baller | vb | to dance | W7 | |
| parlement | n.masc | language, discourse, action of speaking | W7 | |
| parler | vb | to talk | W7 | |
| parlour | n.masc | parlor; talker | W7 | |
| Middle French: | balade | n.fem | ballad | W7 |
| diabolique | adj | of the devil | W7 | |
| parable | n.fem | parable | W7 | |
| parler | vb | to speak | W7 | |
| parole | n.fem | word spoken | W7 | |
| problème | n.masc | problem | W7 | |
| quailler | vb | to curdle | W7 | |
| French: | amphibole | n.fem | ambiguity | W7 |
| arbalète | n | arbalest | CDC | |
| bal | n.masc | ball | W7 | |
| ballade | n | ballad | CDC | |
| ballet | n.masc | ballet | W7 | |
| bayadère | n.fem | Hindu dancing girl | W7 | |
| bélemnite | n.fem | belemnite, type of mollusc | W7 | |
| parabole | n | parable | TLL | |
| parler | vb | to speak | TLL | |
| parole | n.fem | speech, uttered word | W7 | |
| Old Provençal: | balada | n.fem | dance, song sung while dancing | W7 |
| balar | vb | to dance | W7 | |
| Old Occitan: | arbalesta, albalesta | n | arbalest | CDC |
| bal | n | ball | CDC | |
| ballada | n | ballad | CDC | |
| Italian: | ballare | vb | to dance | W7 |
| ballata | n | ballad | CDC | |
| balletto | n.masc | ballet | W7 | |
| ballo | n.masc | ball, dance | W7 | |
| parlare | vb | to speak | TLL | |
| Albanian | ||||
| Albanian: | simbol | n | symbol | LRC |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Greek: | aboulia | n | indecision | AHD |
| amphiballein | vb | to throw round, doubt | W7 | |
| amphibolos | adj | ambiguous | W7 | |
| ballizein | vb | to dance, jump about | W7 | |
| ballistēs | n.masc | ballista | W7 | |
| βάλλω | vb | to throw | LRC | |
| belemnon | n.neut | dart | W7 | |
| blēma | n | missile | AHD | |
| bolē | n.fem | stroke, beam of light | W7 | |
| βουλή | n.fem | will | LRC | |
| βούλομαι | vb | to wish, request | LRC | |
| diaballein | vb | to throw across, slander | W7 | |
| diabolos | n.masc | slanderer | W7 | |
| emballein | vb | to insert | W7 | |
| embolē | n.fem | insertion | W7 | |
| ἐπιβάλλω | vb | to throw on | LRC | |
| epibolē | n.fem | addition | W7 | |
| metaballein | vb | to change | W7 | |
| metabolē | n.fem | change | W7 | |
| paraballein | vb | to compare | W7 | |
| parabolē | n.fem | comparison | W7 | |
| περιβάλλω | vb | to throw around | LRC | |
| proballein | vb | to throw forward | W7 | |
| problēma | n.neut | problem, lit. something thrown forward | W7 | |
| symballein | vb | to throw together, compare | W7 | |
| symbolon | n.neut | token, sign, symbol used to prove identity | W7 | |
| hyperballein | vb | to exceed | W7 | |
| hyperbolē | n.fem | excess, hyperbole, hyperbola | W7 | |
| Indic | ||||
| Sanskrit: | balbalīti | vb | to whirl | W7 |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| adj | = | adjective |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| intrans | = | intransitive |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| neut | = | neuter (gender) |
| 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) |
| CDC | = | W.D. Whitney and B.E. Smith: The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia (1889-1911) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| TLL | = | Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944) |
| W2I | = | Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language, 2nd ed. (1959) |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |
| W9 | = | Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary (1983) |