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. pē̆d-, pō̆d- 'to hold; vat, vessel, container'
Semantic Field(s): to Hold
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Old English: | fæt | n.neut | vat, cup | W7 |
| Middle English: | fat | n | vat | W7 |
| fetlen | vb | to shape, prepare | W7 | |
| vat | n | vat | W7 | |
| English: | fettle | vb.trans | to line/cover hearth (of furnace) with fettling | AHD/W7 |
| vat | n | large vessel for holding liquids | AHD/W7 | |
| Scots English: | fat | n | cask, barrel | ASD |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Dutch: | vat | n.neut | vat | ASD |
| Old Saxon: | fat | n.neut | vat | ASD |
| Low German: | fat, vat | n.neut | vat | ASD |
| Old High German: | faz, vaz | n.neut | vat | ASD/W7 |
| Middle High German: | vaʒ | n.neut | vat | ASD |
| German: | Fass | n.neut | vat | ASD |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Icelandic: | fat | n.neut | vat | ASD |
| Danish: | fad | n.neut | vat | ASD |
| Swedish: | fat | n.neut | vat | ASD |
| Baltic | ||||
| Lithuanian: | poudas | n.masc | pot, saucepan | LD/W7 |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| neut | = | neuter (gender) |
| 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) |
| LD | = | Bronius Piesarskas and Bronius Svecevicius: Lithuanian Dictionary (1994) |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |
