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) |