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. k̑eu-, k̑eu̯ə- : k̑ū-, k̑u̯ā- 'to swell'
Semantic Field(s): to Grow
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Old English: | cirice | n.fem | church | ASD/W7 |
| hēala | n.masc | hernia | ASD/W7 | |
| Middle English: | cave | n | cave | W7 |
| caverne | n | cavern | W7 | |
| chirche | n | church | W7 | |
| diapason | n | diapason | W7 | |
| English: | accumulate | vb | to amass, heap/pile up | AHD/W7 |
| acoelomate | adj | lacking body cavity between gut and musculature | AHD | |
| cave | n | natural underground chamber | AHD/W7 | |
| cavern | n | cave, large underground chamber | AHD/W7 | |
| cavetto | n | concave molding roughly approximating quarter circle | AHD/W7 | |
| cavity | n | unfilled space within mass | AHD/W7 | |
| -cele | n.sfx | tumor, hernia | AHD/W7 | |
| celiac | adj | re: abdomen/abdominal cavity | AHD | |
| church | n | building for public worship | AHD/W7 | |
| codeine | n | crystalline alkaloid opiate | AHD/W7 | |
| coelom | n | epithelium-lined metazoan body cavity | AHD/W7 | |
| concave | adj | hollowed/rounded inward like inside of bowl | AHD/W7 | |
| cumulate | vb | to accumulate | AHD/W7 | |
| cumulus | n | heap, accumulation | AHD/W7 | |
| cyma | n | projecting molding with double curve | AHD/W7 | |
| cymatium | n | crown molding (classic architecture) | AHD/W7 | |
| cyme | n | inflorescence with floral axes terminating in single flower | AHD/W7 | |
| cymophane | n | chrysoberyl | AHD/W7 | |
| diapason | n | burst of harmonious sound | AHD/W7 | |
| enceinte | adj | pregnant, being with child | AHD/W7 | |
| excavate | vb | to create hole/cavity | AHD/W7 | |
| kermis | n | outdoor festival in Low Countries | AHD/W7 | |
| kirk | n | church | AHD/W7 | |
| kymograph | n | recording device for motion/pressure | AHD/W7 | |
| Kyrie | prop.n | Christian liturgical petition (Lord...) | AHD | |
| pan- | pfx | all | TLL | |
| panacea | n | cure-all, remedy for all ills/difficulties | AHD/W7 | |
| panchromatic | adj | sensitive to all visible light | TLL | |
| pancratium | n | ancient Greek boxing/wrestling contest | AHD/W7 | |
| pancreas | n | compound racemose vertebrate gland | AHD/W7 | |
| pandect | n | complete national law code | AHD/W7 | |
| pandemic | adj | widespread, affecting large fraction of population | AHD/W7 | |
| Pandora | prop.n | woman who, given box by Zeus with instructions not to open it, opened it and released all human ills (Greek mythology) | LRC | |
| panmixia | n | random mating within breeding population | AHD | |
| panoptic | adj | re: everything in view | AHD | |
| panorama | n | cyclorama | AHD/W7 | |
| pantheism | n | doctrine equating God with laws/forces of universe | W7 | |
| pantheon | n | temple dedicated to all gods | AHD/W7 | |
| pseudocyesis | n | false pregnancy | AHD | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Dutch: | kerk | n | church | TLL |
| kermis | n | outdoor festival | W7 | |
| Old High German: | hola | n | hernia | ASD |
| kirihha | n | church | W7 | |
| German: | Coelom | n | coelom | W7 |
| Kirche | n | church | TLL | |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Norse: | hūnn | n | cub | W7 |
| kirkja | n | church | W7 | |
| Icelandic: | haull | n.masc | hernia | ASD |
| Danish: | kirke | n | church | TLL |
| Swedish: | kyrka | n | church | TLL |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin: | accumulatus | vb.ptc | accumulated | W7 |
| caverna | n.fem | cave, grotto | W7 | |
| cavo, cavare | vb | to excavate, make hollow | W7 | |
| cavus | adj | hollow | W7 | |
| -cele | n.sfx | -cele | W7 | |
| -ciens, -cientis | adj.sfx | pregnant | W7 | |
| concavus | adj | concave | W7 | |
| cumulo, cumulare, cumulavi, cumulatus | vb | to heap up | W7 | |
| cumulus | n.masc | mass, cumulus | W7 | |
| cyma | n.fem | cabbage sprout | W7 | |
| diapason | n.neut | octave | W7 | |
| excavo, excavare, excavavi, excavatus | vb | to excavate | W7 | |
| inciens, incientis | adj | pregnant | W7 | |
| panacea | n.neut | panacea, fabulous plant curing all diseases | W7 | |
| pancratium | n.neut | pancratium | W7 | |
| Vulgar Latin: | incienta | adj | pregnant | W7 |
| Late Latin: | cavitas | n.fem | cavity | W7 |
| New Latin: | cumulus | n.masc | cumulus, type of cloud | W7 |
| cyma | n.fem | inflorescence | W7 | |
| Portuguese: | cima | n | top, peak | TLL |
| Spanish: | encima | adv | above | TLL |
| Old French: | cave | n.fem | basement | W7 |
| Middle French: | caverne | n.fem | cave, grotto | W7 |
| cavité | n.fem | cavity | W7 | |
| -cele | sfx | tumor, hernia | W7 | |
| concave | adj | concave | W7 | |
| enceinte | adj.fem | pregnant | W7 | |
| French: | codéine | n.fem | codeine | W7 |
| Italian: | cavo | adj | void, empty, hollow | CID/W7 |
| Slavic | ||||
| Old Slavic: | kyla | n | -cele | W7 |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Greek: | ἅπας | adj | all | LRC |
| ἐγκύων | adj | pregnant | LRC | |
| ἔμπης | adv | nevertheless | LRC | |
| kēlē | n.fem | tumor, hernia | W7 | |
| κοιλία | n.fem | womb | LRC | |
| koilos | adj | hollow | W7 | |
| koilōma | n.neut | cavity | W7 | |
| kyein | vb | to be pregnant | W7 | |
| kyma, kymatos | n.neut | wave | W7 | |
| kymation | n.neut | little wave | W7 | |
| kyriakos | adj | re: lord | W7 | |
| κύριος | n.masc | lord | LRC | |
| kyros | n.masc | power | W7 | |
| kōdeia | n.fem | poppyhead | W7 | |
| kōos | n.masc | cavity | W7 | |
| panakeia | n.fem | panacea, fabulous plant curing all diseases | W7 | |
| pankration | n.neut | pancratium | W7 | |
| παντάπασι | adv | absolutely | LRC | |
| πάντως | adv | altogether | LRC | |
| πάνυ | adv | at all | LRC | |
| παράπαν | adv | absolutely | LRC | |
| πᾶς | adj | all, whole, every | LRC | |
| Indic | ||||
| Sanskrit: | śaśvat | adj | all, every | W7 |
| śvayati | vb | to swell | W7 | |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| adj | = | adjective |
| adv | = | adverb(ial) |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| neut | = | neuter (gender) |
| pfx | = | prefix |
| prop | = | proper |
| ptc | = | participle |
| sfx | = | suffix |
| 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) |
| CID | = | Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1958) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| TLL | = | Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944) |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |