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. ker-, kor-, kr- '(onomatopoeic: hoarse sound)'
Semantic Field(s): Sound (n)
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celtic | ||||
| Irish: | rocas | n | rook | CDC |
| English | ||||
| Old English: | hrǣcan | vb | to spit, hawk | W7 |
| hræfn, hrefn, hræmn, hremn | n.masc | raven | ASD/CDC | |
| hrāgra | n.masc | heron | ASD/KEW | |
| hringan | vb.wk | to ring | ASD/W7 | |
| hrōc | n.masc | rook | ASD/W7 | |
| scrīc, scrēc | n | shrike, thrush | ASD/W7 | |
| Middle English: | corbel | n | corbel | W7 |
| creken | vb | to creak, croak | IEW | |
| crevice | n | crevice | W7 | |
| criket | n | cricket | W7 | |
| decrepit | adj | decrepit | W7 | |
| heiroun | n | heron | W7 | |
| raven, reven, revin | n | raven | CDC | |
| rechen | vb | to spit, retch | W7 | |
| ringen | vb | to ring | W7 | |
| ro(o)k, roc | n | rook | CDC | |
| scremen | vb | to scream | W7 | |
| scrichen | vb | to screech | W7 | |
| shrik | n | shrike | W7 | |
| shriken | vb | to shriek, screech | W7 | |
| English: | coracoid | adj | re: vertebrate process/cartilage bone extending from scapula to(ward) sternum | AHD/W7 |
| corbel | n | architectural member projecting from within wall, supporting weight | AHD/W7 | |
| corbina | n | American marine fish | AHD/W7 | |
| corvine | adj | re: crow | AHD/W7 | |
| Corvus | prop.n | southern constellation, lit. Crow | LRC | |
| creak | vb | to make prolonged grating/squeaking sound | IEW/W7 | |
| crepitate | vb.intrans | to crackle, make crackling sound | AHD/W7 | |
| crevice | n | fissure, narrow opening caused by split/crack | AHD/W7 | |
| cricket | n | leaping orthopterous insect | AHD/W7 | |
| decrepit | adj | wasted/weakened by infirmities of age | AHD/W7 | |
| decrepitate | vb | to roast to cause/halt crackling | AHD/W7 | |
| heron | n | long-necked wading bird | W7 | |
| raven | n | glossy black corvine bird | AHD/W7 | |
| retch | vb | to make effort to vomit | AHD/W7 | |
| ring, rang, rung | vb.str | to sound resonantly | AHD/W7 | |
| Roäc | prop.n | dwarf-friendly raven in Tolkien: The Hobbit | LRC | |
| rook | n | Old World gregarious bird | AHD/W7 | |
| screak | vb.intrans | to screech, make harsh shrill noise | AHD/W7 | |
| scream | vb | to make sudden loud/sharp cry | AHD/W7 | |
| screech | vb | to make high shrill piercing cry | AHD/W7 | |
| scritch | vb | to make high shrill piercing cry | AHD/W7 | |
| shrike | n | gray/brownish oscine bird | AHD/W7 | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Old Dutch: | rouca | n | rook | ASD |
| Middle Dutch: | ringen | vb | to ring | W7 |
| roeck | n | rook | CDC | |
| Dutch: | rave(n), raaf | n | raven | CDC |
| reiger | n | heron | TLL | |
| roek | n | rook | CDC | |
| Middle Low German: | rave(n) | n | raven | CDC |
| rōk(e) | n | rook | CDC | |
| Low German: | rave | n | raven | CDC |
| ro(e)k | n | rook | CDC | |
| Old High German: | heigaro | n | heron | W7 |
| hruoh | n | rook | CDC | |
| rabo, (h)raban, (h)ram | n.masc | raven | CDC | |
| rachison | vb | to spit, hawk | ASD | |
| scrīan | vb | to scream | W7 | |
| Middle High German: | rube, rappe, raben, ram(m) | n.masc | raven | CDC |
| ruoch | n | rook | CDC | |
| German: | Rabe | n.masc | raven | ASD |
| Reiher | n | heron | TLL | |
| schreien | vb | to scream | LRC | |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Norse: | hegri | n.masc | heron | LRC |
| hrafn, hramn | n.masc | raven | CDC/ICE | |
| hrōkr | n.masc | rook | CDC/ICE | |
| skrækja | vb | to screak | W7 | |
| Icelandic: | hrafn, hramn | n | raven | ASD |
| hringja | vb | to ring | ASD | |
| hrókr | n | rook | ASD | |
| hrækja | vb | to spit, hawk | ASD | |
| Danish: | hejre | n | heron | TLL |
| raage | n | rook | CDC | |
| ravn | n | raven | CDC | |
| Old Swedish: | rafn, ramn | n | raven | CDC |
| Swedish: | häger | n | heron | TLL |
| råka | n | rook | CDC | |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin: | corvinus | adj | re: crow/raven | W7 |
| corvus | n.masc | crow, raven | W7 | |
| crepito, crepitare, crepitavi, crepitatus | vb | to crackle | W7 | |
| crepitus, crepitūs | n.masc | rattling sound | W7 | |
| crepō, crepāre, crepuī, crepitus | vb | to crack, rattle | W7 | |
| decrepitus | adj | infirm, decrepit | W7 | |
| increpō, increpāre, increpuī, increpitum | vb | to scold, rebuke | LRC | |
| New Latin: | decrepito, decrepitare, decrepitavi, decrepitatus | vb | to make decrepit | W7 |
| Spanish: | corbina | n.fem | acanthopterygian fish | W7 |
| corvino | adj | re: crow/raven | W7 | |
| Mexican Spanish: | corbina | n.fem | kind of fish | W7 |
| Old French: | crevace | n.fem | crevice | W7 |
| crever | vb | to break | W7 | |
| Middle French: | corbel | n.masc | crow, raven | W7 |
| corp | n.masc | raven | W7 | |
| crevace | n.fem | crevice | W7 | |
| criquet | n.masc | cricket | W7 | |
| decrepit | adj | decrepit | W7 | |
| hairon | n | heron | W7 | |
| French: | corbeau | n.masc | crow, raven | LRC |
| Baltic | ||||
| Lithuanian: | krankti | vb | to croak | LD/W7 |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Greek: | korakoeidēs | adj | like a crow/raven | W7 |
| korax, korakos | n.masc | crow, raven | W7 | |
| κραυγή | n.fem | shout | LRC | |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| adj | = | adjective |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| intrans | = | intransitive |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| prop | = | proper |
| str | = | strong (inflection) |
| vb | = | verb |
| wk | = | weak (inflection) |
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) |
| ICE | = | Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874) |
| IEW | = | Julius Pokorny: Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (1959) |
| KEW | = | Gerhard Köbler: Altenglisches Wörterbuch, 2nd ed. (2003) |
| LD | = | Bronius Piesarskas and Bronius Svecevicius: Lithuanian Dictionary (1994) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| TLL | = | Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944) |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |