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) |
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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 | |
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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) |