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. me- 'by, with, amidst, around'
Semantic Field(s): Near (adj), Circle
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Old English: | mið, mid | prep | with | W7 |
| Middle English: | mid | prep | with | W7 |
| midwif | n | midwife | W7 | |
| English: | meta- | pfx | occurring after/later than/in succession to | AHD/W7 |
| metaphrase | n | word-for-word translation | AHD | |
| metopic | adj | re: forehead | AHD | |
| midwife | n | woman who assists in childbirth | AHD/W7 | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Old Frisian: | mith | prep | with | ASD |
| Dutch: | met | prep | with | ASD |
| Old Saxon: | mid(i) | prep | with | ASD |
| Old Low German: | mid, mit, met | prep | with | ASD |
| Old High German: | mit(i) | prep | with | ASD/W7 |
| German: | mit | prep | with | ASD |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Norse: | með | prep | with, by means of; among; along | LRC |
| Icelandic: | með | prep | with | ASD |
| Danish: | med | prep | with | ASD |
| Swedish: | med | prep | with | ASD |
| East Germanic | ||||
| Gothic: | mid, miþ | prep | with, among, together with; by, near, through | ASD |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Greek: | μετά | prep | with, between, among, after | LRC |
| μέχρι | prep | until | LRC | |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| adj | = | adjective |
| n | = | noun |
| pfx | = | prefix |
| prep | = | preposition |
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 |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |
