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. mū̆-   '(onomatopoeic: to moo, hum, etc.)'

Semantic Field(s): Sound (n), Various Cries

 

Indo-European Reflexes:

Family/Language Reflex(es) PoS/Gram. Gloss Source(s)
English  
Old English: mǣw, meāu, mēu n.masc mew ASD/IEW
Middle English: mew n mew W7
mistik adj mystic W7
mommen vb to mum W7
muet adj mute W7
muten vb to mute W7
mysterie n mystery W7
English: mew n gull (sea bird) W7
miosis, myosis n constriction of (eye's) pupil AHD
moo vb to low, make cow-like noise W7
mop(e) n.obs mug; fool IEW/W7
mope vb.arch to gape, stare; act dazed/stupid IEW/W7
mum n strong ale/beer AHD/W7
mum vb.trans to act/play in mask/disguise AHD/W7
mumble vb to mutter, murmur, speak softly IEW
mump vb to mumble IEW
mute adj dumb, unable to speak AHD/W7
mute vb.intrans to void AHD/W7
mutter vb to mumble, murmur IEW
mystery n religious truth known by revelation alone AHD/W7
mystic adj mystical, having spiritual meaning/reality neither sensible nor obvious AHD/W7
West Germanic  
Middle Dutch: mēwe n mew ODE
Dutch: meeuw n mew ODE
Old Saxon: mēu n mew ODE
Middle Low German: mēwe n mew ODE
Old High German: māwen vb to cry out W7
mēh n mew ODE
German: Möwe n mew ASD
Mumme n mum W7
North Germanic  
Old Norse: Már prop.n.masc Mar, Corpse (a dwarf) LRC
mási n mew SAO
má(va)r n.masc mew ICE/W7
Icelandic: már n mew ASD
Danish: maage n mew ASD
Swedish: mås n mew SAO
Italic  
Latin: mutus adj mute W7
mysterium n.neut secret ceremony re: deity W7
mysticus adj re: mystery W7
Middle French: meutir vb to silence W7
momer vb to go masked W7
muet n.masc mute W7
Hellenic  
Greek: μυστήριον n.neut mystery LRC
mystērion n.neut secret ceremony re: deity W7
mystikos adj re: mystery W7
mystos adj keeping silent W7
mytēs adj mute W7
myw vb to be closed W7

 

Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:

Abbrev. Meaning
adj=adjective
arch=archaic
intrans=intransitive
masc=masculine (gender)
n=noun
neut=neuter (gender)
obs=obsolete
prop=proper
trans=transitive
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)
ASD=Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller: An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898)
ICE=Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
IEW=Julius Pokorny: Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (1959)
LRC=Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin
ODE=C.T. Onions: The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology (1966)
SAO=Swedish Academy: Svenska Akademiens Ordbok (2011)
W7=Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963)

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