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. k̑ad- 'to fall'
Semantic Field(s): to Fall
Indo-European Reflexes:
Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
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English | ||||
Middle English: | accident | n | accident | W7 |
cadence | n | cadence | W7 | |
cas | n | case | W7 | |
casual | adj | casual | W7 | |
chance | n | chance | W7 | |
decayen | vb | to decay | W7 | |
eschete | n | escheat | W7 | |
incident | n | incident | W7 | |
occasion | n | occasion | W7 | |
English: | accident | n | event occurring by chance/from unknown causes | AHD/W7 |
accidental | adj | nonessential, re: accident | W7 | |
cadaver | n | corpse (intended for dissection) | AHD/W7 | |
cadence | n | rhythmic sequence/flow of language sounds | AHD/W7 | |
cadent | adj | falling | AHD/W7 | |
caducous | adj | falling off easily/before normal time | AHD/W7 | |
cascade | n | steep, multiple fall of water | AHD/W7 | |
case | n | set of circumstances/conditions | AHD/W7 | |
casual | adj | subject to/resulting from/occurring by chance | AHD/W7 | |
casualty | n | disaster, serious/fatal accident | AHD/W7 | |
casuist | n | one skilled in/given to studying conscience in conduct | AHD/W7 | |
chance | n | something happening unpredictably, without apparent cause | AHD/W7 | |
chute | n | waterfall | AHD/W7 | |
decay | vb | to decline from sound/prosperous condition | AHD/W7 | |
deciduous | adj | falling off (e.g. of leaves in autumn) | AHD/W7 | |
escheat | n | reversion of property to crown/state | AHD/W7 | |
incident | n | event, happening, occurrence | AHD/W7 | |
occasion | n | (favorable) circumstance/opportunity | AHD/W7 | |
occident | n | the west, western lands/regions | AHD | |
occidental | adj | western, re: occident | W7 | |
recidivate | vb | to relapse, backslide, return to crime | AHD | |
recidivism | n | tendency to recidivate | AHD | |
Italic | ||||
Latin: | accidens, accidentis | adj/vb.ptc | accidental | W7 |
accido, accidere | vb | to happen | W7 | |
cadaver | n.neut | corpse | W7 | |
cado, cadere, cecidi, casus | vb | to fall | W7 | |
caducus | adj | transitory, perishable | W7 | |
casus, casūs | n.masc | fall, chance | W7 | |
decido, decidere | vb | to cut off, decide | W7 | |
incido, incidere | vb | to fall into, happen | W7 | |
occasio, occasionis | n.fem | chance, occasion | W7 | |
occido, occidere, occidi, occasus | vb | to fall, chance | W7 | |
Vulgar Latin: | cadentia | n.fem | fall | W7 |
casico, casicare | vb | to fall | W7 | |
excadeo, excadere | vb | to fall out | W7 | |
Late Latin: | casualis | adj | casual | W7 |
Portuguese: | cair | vb | to fall | TLL |
Spanish: | caer | vb | to fall | TLL |
casuista | n.masc/fem | casuist | W7 | |
Old French: | accident | n | accident, chance event | AHD |
cas | n.masc | fall, situation | W7 | |
chance | n.fem | luck | W7 | |
cheoir | vb | to fall | W7 | |
chute | n.fem | chute | W7 | |
escheoir | vb | to fall, devolve | W7 | |
eschete | n.fem | reversion of property | W7 | |
Old North French: | decaïr | vb | to decay | W7 |
Middle French: | accident | n.masc | accident, casualty | W7 |
casuel | adj | casual | W7 | |
incident | n.masc | incident | W7 | |
occasion | n.fem | chance, occasion | W7 | |
French: | cascade | n.fem | cascade, waterfall | W7 |
choir | vb.arch | to fall | TLL | |
chute | n.fem | chute | W7 | |
Old Italian: | cadenza | n.fem | cadence, rythm | W7 |
cadere | vb | to fall | W7 | |
Italian: | cadere | vb | to fall | TLL |
cascare | vb | to fall | W7 | |
cascata | n.fem | cascade | W7 | |
Hellenic | ||||
Greek: | ptōsis | n.fem | act of falling | W7 |
Indic | ||||
Sanskrit: | śad | vb | to fall | W7 |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
Abbrev. | Meaning | |
---|---|---|
adj | = | adjective |
arch | = | archaic |
fem | = | feminine (gender) |
masc | = | masculine (gender) |
n | = | noun |
neut | = | neuter (gender) |
ptc | = | participle |
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) |
TLL | = | Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944) |
W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |