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: 3. mei- 'to go, wander'
Semantic Field(s): to Go
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celtic | ||||
| Middle Welsh: | mynet | vb | to go | W7 |
| English | ||||
| English: | conge | n | formal permission to depart | AHD/W7 |
| irremeable | adj | offering no possible return | AHD/W7 | |
| meatus | n | natural body passage | AHD/W7 | |
| permeate | vb | to leak/diffuse/penetrate through | AHD/W7 | |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin: | commeatus, commeatūs | n.masc | leave, going back and forth | W7 |
| commeo, commeāre, commeāvī, commeātus | vb | to go back and forth | W7 | |
| dēmigrō, dēmigrāre, dēmigrāvi, dēmigrātum | vb | to withdraw | LRC | |
| irremeabilis | adj | irremeable | W7 | |
| meatus, meatūs | n.masc | going, passage, meatus | W7 | |
| meo, meāre, meāvī, meātus | vb | to go, pass | W7 | |
| permeo, permeare, permeavi, permeatus | vb | to traverse, permeate | W7 | |
| remeo, remeare | vb | to go back | W7 | |
| French: | congé | n.masc | leave, holiday, conge | W7 |
| Slavic | ||||
| Old Slavic: | minǫti | vb | to pass | W7 |
| Old Church Slavonic: | mimo | adv | by, past | LRC |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| adj | = | adjective |
| adv | = | adverb(ial) |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| 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 |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |
