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: kap-ut 'head'
Semantic Field(s): Head
Indo-European Reflexes:
Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
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English | ||||
Old English: | behēafdian | vb | to behead | AHD |
h(e)afela, heafola, hafala | n.masc | head | ASD/RPN | |
hēafod | n | head | RPN | |
Middle English: | acheven | vb | to achieve | W7 |
biheden | vb | to behead | AHD | |
cap | n | cape | W7 | |
capital | adj/n | capital | W7 | |
capitane | n | captain | W7 | |
catel | n | cattle | W7 | |
chapitre | n | chapter; meeting of canons | W7 | |
chief | n | chief | W7 | |
chieftaine | n | chieftain | W7 | |
courchef | n | kerchief | W7 | |
hed | n | head | W7 | |
meschief | n | mischief | W7 | |
English: | achieve | vb | to accomplish, bring to successful conclusion | AHD/W7 |
behead | vb | to decapitate, sever head from body | AHD/W7 | |
biceps | n | muscle having two heads | AHD/W7 | |
caddie | n | one who waits for odd jobs | AHD/W7 | |
cadet | n | younger son/brother | AHD/W7 | |
cape | n | point/peninsula of land jutting into water | AHD/W7 | |
capital | adj | punishable by death | AHD/W7 | |
capital | n | stock of accumulated goods | AHD/W7 | |
capitate | adj | forming a head | AHD/W7 | |
capitation | n | poll tax, direct personal uniform tax | AHD/W7 | |
capitellum | n | lower end of humerus | AHD | |
capitulate | vb.intrans | to parley, negotiate | AHD/W7 | |
capitulum | n | rounded protuberance of anatomical part | AHD/W7 | |
capo | n | movable bar attached to fingerboard of fretted instrument | AHD/W9 | |
capo | n | head of branch of crime syndicate | AHD/W9 | |
caprice | n | sudden unpredictable turn/change | AHD/W7 | |
captain | n | commander of military establishment/body of troops | AHD/W7 | |
cattle | n | domesticated bovine quadrupeds | AHD/W7 | |
caudillo | n | Spanish/Latin-American strong man | AHD/W7 | |
chapiter | n | top/capital of column | AHD/W7 | |
chapter | n | main division of book | AHD/W7 | |
chef | n | skilled male cook managing kitchen | AHD/W7 | |
chief | n | upper part of heraldic field | AHD/W7 | |
chieftain | n | leader of band/clan/tribe | AHD/W7 | |
corporal | n | enlisted military man of lowest noncommissioned rank | AHD/W7 | |
decapitate | vb.trans | to behead, cut off head | AHD/W7 | |
forehead | n | facial part above eyes | AHD/W7 | |
godhead | n | divinity, divine nature/essence | AHD/W7 | |
head | n | upper/anterior division of body containing brain and chief sense organs | AHD/W7 | |
hetman | n | man in charge, lit. head-man | AHD | |
kerchief | n | cloth square used as head covering/neck scarf | AHD/W7 | |
meathead | n | dull/stupid person | AHD | |
mischief | n | damage/injury caused by human agency | AHD/W7 | |
occiput | n | back part of head/skull | AHD/W7 | |
precipitate | n | solid substance separated from chemical solution/suspension | AHD/W7 | |
precipitate | vb | to hurl, throw violently | AHD/W7 | |
recapitulate | vb | to summarize, repeat briefly | AHD/W7 | |
sinciput | n | forehead | AHD/W7 | |
Strawheads | prop.n.pl | Rohirrim a.k.a. Forgoil in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | LRC | |
triceps | n | muscle arising from three heads | AHD/W7 | |
West Germanic | ||||
Old Frisian: | hāved, hād | n | head | RPN |
Dutch: | hoofd | n | head | TLL |
kapitein | n | captain | TLL | |
Old Saxon: | hōƀid | n | head | RPN |
Old High German: | houbit, haupit | n | head | ASD/RPN |
Middle High German: | houbetman | n.masc | hetman | AHD |
German: | Hauptmann | n.masc | hetman, captain | AHD |
Hetmann | n.dial | hetman | AHD | |
Kapitän | n.masc | captain | LRC | |
North Germanic | ||||
Old Norse: | hǫfuð | n.neut | head | LRC |
Danish: | hoved | n | head | TLL |
kaptajn | n | captain | TLL | |
Swedish: | huvud | n | head | TLL |
kapten | n | captain | TLL | |
East Germanic | ||||
Gothic: | haubiþ | n | head | RPN |
Italic | ||||
Latin: | biceps | adj | two-headed | W7 |
capillus | n | single hair on head | TLL | |
capis, capitis | n | one-handled sacrificial vessel | RPN | |
capitalis, capitale | adj | re: head | W7 | |
capitatus | adj | headed | W7 | |
capitulum | n.neut | chapter, heading | W7 | |
caput | n.neut | head | RPN | |
occiput, occipitis | n.neut | the back of the head | W7 | |
praeceps, praecipitis | n.neut | precipice | W7 | |
praecipitatum | n.neut | precipitate | W7 | |
praecipitō, praecipitāre, praecipitāvī, praecipitātus | vb | to precipite | W7 | |
sinciput, sincipitis | n.neut | half a head, the brain | W7 | |
triceps, tricipitis | adj | three-headed | W7 | |
Late Latin: | capitaneus | n.masc | chief | W7 |
capitatio, capitationis | n.fem | poll tax | W7 | |
capitellum | n.neut | chapter; heading of colum | W7 | |
decapitō, decapitāre, decapitāvī, decapitātus | vb | to decapitate | W7 | |
recapitulo, recapitulare, recapitulavi, recapitulatus | vb | to restate by heads, sum up | W7 | |
Medieval Latin: | capitale | adj.neut | of one's property, cattle | W7 |
capitulo, capitulare, capitulavi, capitulatus | vb | to distinguish by heads/chapters | W7 | |
capitulum | n.neut | chapter, division of a book | W7 | |
New Latin: | triceps, tricipitis | n.masc | triceps muscle | W7 |
Portuguese: | cabeça | n | head | TLL |
cabelo | n | hair | TLL | |
Spanish: | cabello | n | hair | TLL |
cabo | n | head | TLL | |
capítulo | n | chapter | TLL | |
caudillo | n.masc | guide/trainer in military exercises | W7 | |
Old French: | chapitle, chapitre | n.masc | chapter | W7 |
chief | n.masc | head, chief | W7 | |
covrir | vb | to cover | W7 | |
cuevrechief | n.masc | hat, head-covering | W7 | |
meschief | n.masc | calamity | W7 | |
Old North French: | catel | n.masc | personal property | W7 |
Middle French: | achever | vb | to finish | W7 |
cap | n.masc | cape | W7 | |
capitain | n.masc | captain | W7 | |
caporal | n.masc | corporal | W7 | |
chapitre | n.masc | chapter | W7 | |
chevetain | n.masc | chieftain | W7 | |
corporal | n.masc | corporal | W7 | |
French: | cadet | n.masc | military cadet | W7 |
capital | n.masc | capital | W7 | |
caprice | n.masc | caprice | W7 | |
chapitre | n | chapter | TLL | |
chef | n.masc | leader, professional cook | W7 | |
cheveu | n | hair | TLL | |
Old Provençal: | cap | n.masc | head | W7 |
Old Italian: | capo | n.masc | head | W7 |
caporale | n.masc | corporal | W7 | |
Italian: | capello | n | hair | TLL |
capitale | adj | chief, principal | W7 | |
capitale | n.masc | capital, fund, stock | W7 | |
capo | n.masc | head, chief | W7 | |
capriccio | n.masc | fancy, caprice | W7 | |
Slavic | ||||
Polish: | hetman | n | hetman | AHD |
Ukrainian: | het'man | n | hetman | AHD |
Indic | ||||
Sanskrit: | kapā́la-m | n | cup, bowl; skull | RPN |
kapúcchala-m | n | tuft of hair on back of head | RPN |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
Abbrev. | Meaning | |
---|---|---|
adj | = | adjective |
dial | = | dialectal |
fem | = | feminine (gender) |
intrans | = | intransitive |
masc | = | masculine (gender) |
n | = | noun |
neut | = | neuter (gender) |
pl | = | plural (number) |
prop | = | proper |
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) |
LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
RPN | = | Allan R. Bomhard: Reconstructing Proto-Nostratic (2002) |
TLL | = | Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944) |
W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |
W9 | = | Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary (1983) |