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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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) |