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: k̑es- 'to cut'
Semantic Field(s): to Cut
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celtic | ||||
| Middle Irish: | cess | n | spear | RPN |
| English | ||||
| Old English: | castel(l) | n | castle, village | ASD/W7 |
| hūdenian | vb | to shake | W7 | |
| Middle English: | castel | n | castle | W7 |
| castelleyn | n | castellan | W7 | |
| chaste | adj | chaste | W7 | |
| incest | n | incest | W7 | |
| quashen | vb | to quash, smash | W7 | |
| English: | caret | n | mark (^) on written/printed matter indicating place to insert something | AHD/W7 |
| cashier | n | person in charge of money | AHD/W7 | |
| cassation | n | reversal, annulment, abrogation, cancellation | AHD/CDC | |
| caste | n | hereditary social/occupational class (Hinduism) | AHD/W7 | |
| castellan | n | warden/governor of fort/castle | AHD/W7 | |
| castellated | adj | having castle-like battlements | AHD/W7 | |
| castigate | vb.trans | to punish/reprove/criticize severely | AHD/W7 | |
| castle | n | large fortified building | AHD/W7 | |
| castrate | vb.trans | to geld, deprive of testes | AHD/W7 | |
| chaste | adj | re: lack of unlawful sexual intercourse | AHD/W7 | |
| chastise | vb | to scold | TLL | |
| chateau | n | French manor/castle | TLL | |
| incest | n | sexual intercourse between closely-related persons forbidden to marry | AHD/W7 | |
| quash | vb.trans | to quell, suppress/extinguish completely | AHD/W7 | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Dutch: | kassier, cashier | n | cashier | W7 |
| kasteel | n | castle | TLL | |
| German: | Kassierer | n.masc | cashier | LRC |
| Kaste | n.fem | caste | LRC | |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin: | careo, carēre | vb | to lack, be without | W7 |
| castellanus | adj/n.masc | re: castle | W7 | |
| castellum | n.neut | castle, fortress | W7 | |
| castigo, castigāre, castigāvī, castigātus | vb | to castigate | W7 | |
| castrō, castrāre, castrāvī, castrātus | vb | to castrate | RPN | |
| castrum | n.neut | fortified place | W7 | |
| castus | adj | pure, chaste | W7 | |
| incestum | n.neut | incest | W7 | |
| incestus | adj | impure | W7 | |
| quatio, quatere, quassi, quassus | vb | to shake | W7 | |
| Medieval Latin: | castello, castellare, castellavi, castellatus | vb | to fortify | W7 |
| Portuguese: | casta | n.fem | race, lineage | W7 |
| castigar | vb | to chastise | TLL | |
| casto | adj | pure, chaste | W7 | |
| Spanish: | castigar | vb | to chastise, castigate | TLL |
| casto | adj | chaste | TLL | |
| Old French: | chaste | adj | chaste | W7 |
| Old North French: | castel | n.masc | castle | W7 |
| castelain | n.masc | master of the castle | W7 | |
| Middle French: | casse | n.fem | ladle, dripping pan, money box | W7 |
| cassier | n.masc | money-box | W7 | |
| quasser, casser | vb | to break, annul, smash | W7 | |
| French: | chaste | adj | chaste | TLL |
| château | n | chateau | TLL | |
| châtier | vb | to chastise | TLL | |
| Italian: | castigare | vb | to chastise, castigate | TLL |
| Slavic | ||||
| Old Church Slavonic: | kosa | n | scythe | RPN |
| Russian: | kosá | n | scythe | RPN |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Greek: | κεάζω | vb | to split, cleave | RPN |
| Indic | ||||
| Sanskrit: | śásati | vb | to cut down, kill, slaughter | RPN |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| adj | = | adjective |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| neut | = | neuter (gender) |
| 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) |
| CDC | = | W.D. Whitney and B.E. Smith: The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia (1889-1911) |
| 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) |