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: gu̯elbh- 'womb, uterus; young animal'
Semantic Field(s): Womb
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Middle English: | dolphin | n | dolphin | W7 |
| English: | delphinium | n | erect branching perennial herb | AHD/W7 |
| diadelphous | adj | having stamens united in 2 sets by filaments | AHD/CDC | |
| dolphin | n | small, toothed whale | AHD/W7 | |
| monadelphous | adj | re: stamens with all filaments united into single tubelike group | AHD | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| German: | Delphin | n.masc | dolphin | LRC |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin: | delphinus | n.masc | dolphin | W7 |
| Medieval Latin: | dalfinus | n.masc | dolphin | W7 |
| New Latin: | delphinium | n.neut | larkspur | W7 |
| Old French: | dalfin | n.masc | title of lords of the Dauphine | W7 |
| Middle French: | daufin | n.masc | dolphin | W7 |
| dophin | n.masc | dolphin | W7 | |
| Old Provençal: | dalfin | n.masc | dolphin | W7 |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Greek: | ἀδελφή | n.fem | sister | LRC |
| ἀδελφός | n.masc | brother | LRC | |
| delphinion | n.neut | delphinium | W7 | |
| delphis, delphinos | n.masc | dolphin | W7 | |
| delphys | n.fem | womb | W7 | |
| Indic | ||||
| Sanskrit: | garbha | n | dolphin; womb | W7 |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| adj | = | adjective |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| neut | = | neuter (gender) |
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) |
| CDC | = | W.D. Whitney and B.E. Smith: The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia (1889-1911) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |
