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. kal-, kali-, kalu- 'handsome, beautiful; healthy'
Semantic Field(s): Beautiful, Well; Health
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| English: | calligraphy | n | (art of producing) fair/elegant handwriting | AHD/W7 |
| callipygian | adj | having shapely buttocks | AHD/W9 | |
| Callisto | prop.n | (moon of Jupiter named for) nymph of Artemis | LRC | |
| calomel | n | mercurous chloride (used in medicine) | AHD/W7 | |
| hemerocallis | n | day lily | AHD/W7 | |
| Italic | ||||
| New Latin: | calomelas | n.neut | fungicide | W7 |
| hemerocallis | n.fem | day lily | W7 | |
| French: | calligraphie | n.fem | calligraphy | W7 |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Homeric Greek: | κάλλος | n.neut | beauty | LRC |
| κᾱλός | adj | fair, good, beautiful | LRC | |
| Greek: | hēmera | n.fem | day | W7 |
| hēmerokalles | n.fem.pl | hemerocallis | W7 | |
| kalli- | stem | beautiful | W7 | |
| kalligraphia | n.fem | calligraphy | W7 | |
| kallipygos | adj | callipygian | W9 | |
| Indic | ||||
| Sanskrit: | kalya | adj | healthy | W7 |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| adj | = | adjective |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| neut | = | neuter (gender) |
| pl | = | plural (number) |
| prop | = | proper |
| stem | = | stem |
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) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |
| W9 | = | Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary (1983) |
