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: las- 'greedy, covetous'
Semantic Field(s): to Desire, to Will, Wish
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Old English: | lust | n.masc | lust, desire | LRC |
| lystan | vb.wk | to list | ASD/W7 | |
| Middle English: | lust | n | lust | W7 |
| lysten | vb | to list | W7 | |
| English: | larva | n | wingless immature vermiform insect hatched from egg | W7 |
| lascivious | adj | lewd, lustful | AHD/W7 | |
| list | vb | to suit, please, satisfy desire | AHD/W7 | |
| lust | n | delight, pleasure | AHD/W7 | |
| wanderlust | n | strong impulse/longing to wander | AHD/W7 | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Old Frisian: | lust | n | lust, desire | ASD |
| Old Saxon: | lust | n | lust, desire | ASD |
| lustean | vb | to list | ASD | |
| Old High German: | lust | n.fem | lust | W7 |
| lustjan | vb | to list | ASD | |
| lustōn | vb | to lust, desire | ASD | |
| German: | Lust | n.fem | lust, joy, desire | ASD/W7 |
| lüsten | vb | to lust, list, covet | ASD | |
| Wanderlust | n.fem | wanderlust | W7 | |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Icelandic: | lysta | vb | to list | ASD |
| Swedish: | larv | n | larva, caterpillar | TLL |
| East Germanic | ||||
| Gothic: | lustōn | vb | to lust, desire | ASD |
| lustus | n | lust, desire, pleasure | ASD | |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin: | Larēs | n.masc.pl | Roman cultic deities with local/specific scope as protector-gods | LRC |
| lārva | n.fem | mask, ghost, specter | W7 | |
| lascivia | n.fem | wantonness | W7 | |
| lascivus | adj | wanton | W7 | |
| New Latin: | lārva | n.fem | larva | W7 |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Greek: | λιλαίομαι | vb | to desire, be eager for | LRC |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| adj | = | adjective |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| pl | = | plural (number) |
| 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 |
| TLL | = | Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944) |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |
