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. k̑leu-, k̑leu̯ə- : k̑lū- 'to hear, listen'
Semantic Field(s): to Hear, to Listen, Harken
Indo-European Reflexes:
Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
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Celtic | ||||
Old Irish: | cloth | n | fame | RPN |
clú | n | fame, renown | RPN | |
clúas | n | ear | RPN | |
English | ||||
Old English: | hlēoðor | n.neut | song, sound | LRC |
hlūd | adj | loud, noisy | RPN | |
hlysnan | vb | to listen | W7 | |
hlyst | n.masc/fem | hearing | ASD/W7 | |
hlystan | vb.wk | to list | ASD/RPN | |
Middle English: | listen | vb | to list | W7 |
listnen | vb | to listen | W7 | |
loud | adj | loud | W7 | |
sclave | n | slave | W7 | |
English: | ablaut | n | systematic vowel variation in same/related root/affix | AHD/W7 |
Clio | prop.n | Muse of history/heroic poetry (Greek mythology) | LRC | |
Damocles | prop.n | excessively flattering courtier featured in anecdote by Cicero | LRC | |
Hercules | prop.n | hero noted for exceptional strength (Greek mythology) | LRC | |
list | vb | to hear, listen (to) | AHD/W7 | |
listen | vb | to hear, give ear to | AHD/W7 | |
loud | adj | marked by high sound volume/intensity | AHD/W7 | |
Loudwater | prop.n | a.k.a. Bruinen River in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | LRC | |
sarod | n | many-stringed lute played with plectrum | AHD | |
Slav | prop.n | ethnonym of Indo-European in Eastern Europe | TLL | |
slave | n | bondman, one held in servitude as chattel | W7 | |
Slavic | n.prop | re: Slavs or their language | TLL | |
umlaut | n | change of vowel sound | AHD/W7 | |
Wenceslas | prop.n | duke/patron saint of Bohemia | AHD | |
West Germanic | ||||
Old Frisian: | hlūd | adj | loud | ASD |
Old Saxon: | hlūd | adj | loud | ASD |
hlust | n | hearing | ASD | |
Old High German: | hlioda | n | sound | ASD |
hlūt | adj | loud | W7 | |
German: | Ablaut | n.masc | ablaut | W7 |
laut | adj | loud | W7 | |
Umlaut | n.masc | umlaut | W7 | |
Wenzel | prop.n | Wenceslas | AHD | |
North Germanic | ||||
Old Norse: | hljóð | n.neut | silence, hearing | LRC |
hljóðr | adj | silent, quiet | LRC | |
Old Icelandic: | hler | n | listening | RPN |
hlust | n | ear | RPN | |
hlyða | vb | to listen | RPN | |
Icelandic: | hljōð | n | sound | ASD |
hljōðan | n | sound, tune | ASD | |
hlust | n | ear | ASD | |
hlusta | vb | to listen | ASD | |
Danish: | lyd | n | sound | ASD |
Swedish: | ljud | n | sound | ASD |
East Germanic | ||||
Gothic: | hliuma | n | hearing | RPN |
Italic | ||||
Latin: | Clio | n.fem | Clio | W7 |
clueo, cluēre | vb | to be called/named | RPN | |
cluō, cluāre | vb | to be called, be famous | RPN | |
Damocles | n.masc | Damocles | W7 | |
Hercules | n.masc | Hercules, Heracles | W7 | |
inclutus | adj | famous | W7 | |
Middle Latin: | Sclavus | prop.n | Slav | W7 |
sclavus | n | slave | W7 | |
Spanish: | esclavo | n | slave | TLL |
Old French: | esclave | n | slave | W7 |
French: | esclave | n | slave | TLL |
Baltic | ||||
Old Prussian: | klausīton | vb | to hear | RPN |
Lithuanian: | klausaũ, klausýti | vb | to listen | RPN |
Latvian: | izklausīt, izklausu, izklausīju | vb | to ask, inquire | LRC |
klàusît | vb | to listen | RPN | |
Slavic | ||||
Slovenian: | slúšati | vb | to listen | RPN |
Old Church Slavonic: | slava | n.fem | fame, glory | LRC |
slaviti, slavl'jǫ, slaviši | vb | to glorify | LRC | |
slovo | n.neut | word | LRC | |
slovǫ, sluti | vb | to be renowned | RPN | |
sluxъ | n.masc | hearing, fame, rumor | LRC | |
slyšati, slyšajǫ, slyšaješi | vb | to hear | LRC | |
slyšati, slyšǫ, slyšiši | vb | to hear | LRC | |
Russian: | slúšat' | vb | to listen | RPN |
Hellenic | ||||
Greek: | ἀκλεός | adj | without fame | LRC |
Damoklēs | n.masc | Damocles | W7 | |
Hēraklēs | n.masc | Hercules | W7 | |
Kleiō | n.fem | Clio | W7 | |
κλέος | n | report; fame, glory | RPN | |
κλέω | vb | to celebrate, make famous | RPN | |
κλυτός | vb.past.pass.ptc | heard | RPN | |
klytos | adj | famous | W7 | |
κλύω | vb | to hear | RPN | |
Armenian | ||||
Classical Armenian: | luṙ | adj | silent | LRC |
lur | n | hearing; news, report; voice | LRC | |
lsem | vb | to hear, listen | LRC | |
Armenian: | lu | vb.past.ptc/n | heard; news, fame | RPN |
Iranian | ||||
Avestan: | surunaoiti | vb | to hear | RPN |
Indic | ||||
Sanskrit: | śṛṇóti | vb | to hear | RPN |
śrávas- | n | praise, fame, glory | RPN | |
śrutá-ḥ | vb.past.pass.ptc | heard | RPN | |
śroṣati | vb | to hear | W7 | |
Tocharian | ||||
Tocharian B: | kälywe | n | reputation, renown | RPN |
klautso | n | ear | RPN | |
klāw- | vb | to be called/named | RPN | |
klāwi | n | fame | RPN | |
klyauṣ- | vb | to listen, hear | RPN | |
Tocharian A: | klāw- | vb | to be called/named | RPN |
klots | n | ear | RPN | |
klyoṣ- | vb | to listen, hear | RPN | |
klyw- | n | reputation, renown | RPN |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
Abbrev. | Meaning | |
---|---|---|
adj | = | adjective |
fem | = | feminine (gender) |
masc | = | masculine (gender) |
n | = | noun |
neut | = | neuter (gender) |
pass | = | passive (voice) |
past | = | past (tense) |
prop | = | proper |
ptc | = | participle |
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) |
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) |