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: keu̯əp- : ku̯ēp-, ku̯əp-, kū̆p-, and occasionally keu̯(e)p-, k(e)u̯ep- 'to boil, cook, smoke'
Semantic Field(s): to Boil (trans, to Cook, Smoke (n)
Indo-European Reflexes:
Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
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English | ||||
Middle English: | concupiscence | n | concupiscence | W7 |
coveiten | vb | to covet | W7 | |
cupidite | n | cupidity | W7 | |
evaporaten | vb | to evaporate | W7 | |
vapour | n | vapor | W7 | |
English: | acapnia | n | reduced carbon dioxide in blood | AHD |
concupiscence | n | ardent desire | AHD/W7 | |
covet | vb | to wish for enviously | AHD/W7 | |
Cupid | prop.n | god of love, son of Venus (Roman mythology) | AHD | |
Cupid | prop.n | one of Santa's reindeer | LRC | |
cupid | n | Cupid as naked cherubic boy | AHD | |
cupidity | n | lust, strong desire | AHD/W7 | |
evaporate | vb.trans | to emit in vapor/invisible minute particles | AHD/W7 | |
vapid | adj | flat, uninteresting, lacking force/briskness/liveliness | AHD/W7 | |
vapor | n | steam/diffuse matter floating in air, impairing transparency | AHD/W7 | |
West Germanic | ||||
Middle High German: | verwepfen | vb | to become moldy | W7 |
Italic | ||||
Latin: | concupisco, concupiscere | vb | to desire ardently | W7 |
cupiditas, cupiditatis | n.fem | cupidity | LRC | |
cupidus | adj | desirous | W7 | |
cupiō, cupere, cupīvī, cupītum | vb | to desire | LRC | |
evaporo, evaporare, evaporavi, evaporatus | vb | to evaporate | W7 | |
vapidus | adj | vapid, flat-tasting | W7 | |
vapor | n.masc | vapor | W7 | |
vappa | n.fem | vapid wine | W7 | |
Late Latin: | concupiscentia | n.fem | concupiscence | W7 |
Old French: | coveitié | n.fem | desire | W7 |
Middle French: | concupiscence | n.fem | concupiscence | W7 |
cupidité | n.fem | greed, cupidity | W7 | |
vapeur | n.fem | vapor | W7 | |
Baltic | ||||
Lithuanian: | kvepėti, kvẽpia, kvepėjo | vb | to smell good | LRC |
Hellenic | ||||
Greek: | kapnos | n.masc | smoke | W7 |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
Abbrev. | Meaning | |
---|---|---|
adj | = | adjective |
fem | = | feminine (gender) |
masc | = | masculine (gender) |
n | = | noun |
prop | = | proper |
trans | = | transitive |
vb | = | verb |
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) |
LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |