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: 2. ku̯ei- 'to stow, gather, pile up'
Semantic Field(s): to Gather, Collect
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Middle English: | poesie | n | poesy | W7 |
| poet | n | poet | W7 | |
| English: | mythopoeic | adj | re: making of myths | AHD |
| onomatopoeia | n | naming by vocal imitation of associated sound | AHD/W7 | |
| pharmacopoeia | n | book describing drugs/chemicals/medicinal preparations | AHD/W7 | |
| poem | n | composition in verse | AHD/W7 | |
| poesy | n | poem, body of poems | AHD/W7 | |
| poet | n | one who writes poetry | AHD/W7 | |
| poetic | adj | re: poetry | AHD | |
| poetry | n | poems, verse, metrical writing | W7 | |
| -poiesis | n.sfx | production, formation | AHD/W7 | |
| -poietic | adj | productive, formative | AHD/W7 | |
| prosopopoeia | n | figure of speech with absent/imaginary person represented as acting/speaking | AHD/W7 | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| German: | Poesie | n.fem | poesy, poetry | LRC |
| Poet | n.masc | poet | LRC | |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin: | poema | n.neut | poem | W7 |
| poesis | n.fem | poetry | W7 | |
| poeta | n.masc | poet | W7 | |
| Late Latin: | onomatopoeia | n.fem | onomatopoeia | W7 |
| New Latin: | pharmacopoeia | n.fem | stock/collection of standard drugs | W7 |
| -poiesis | sfx | action, creation | W7 | |
| Old French: | poete | n.masc | poet | W7 |
| Middle French: | poeme | n.masc | poem | W7 |
| poésie | n.fem | poetry | W7 | |
| Slavic | ||||
| Old Church Slavonic: | činiti | vb | to arrange | RPN |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Greek: | εἰρηνοποιός | adj | peacemaker | LRC |
| onomatopoiia | n.fem | creation of names | W7 | |
| ποιέω | vb | to make, do | LRC | |
| poiēma | n.neut | poem, made-up thing | W7 | |
| poiēsis | n.fem | creation | W7 | |
| poiētēs | n.masc | maker, poet | W7 | |
| poiētikos | adj | of creation | W7 | |
| Late Greek: | pharmakopoiia | n.fem | preparation of drugs | W7 |
| Indic | ||||
| Sanskrit: | kāya | n | body | W7 |
| cáyati | vb | to arrange, heap up, gather | RPN | |
| citrakāya | n | tiger | W7 | |
| cinóti | vb | to arrange, heap up, gather | RPN | |
| Gujarati: | caṇvũ | vb | to build, make, erect | RPN |
| ciṇvũ, cuṇvũ | vb | to fold into long strips | RPN | |
| Marathi: | ċuṇṇē | vb | to fold, pile up in orderly way | RPN |
| Panjabi: | ciṇṇā | vb | to arrange, pile up | RPN |
| cuṇṇā | vb | to plait, build up in layers | RPN | |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| adj | = | adjective |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| neut | = | neuter (gender) |
| 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) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| RPN | = | Allan R. Bomhard: Reconstructing Proto-Nostratic (2002) |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |
