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. per-, per-g- 'to hit, kill'
Semantic Field(s): to Hit, Strike, Beat, to Kill
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Middle English: | compressen | vb | to compress | W7 |
| depressen | vb | to depress | W7 | |
| express | adj | express | W7 | |
| expressen | vb | to express | W7 | |
| impressen | vb | to impress | W7 | |
| oppressen | vb | to oppress | W7 | |
| preignant | adj | pregnant | W7 | |
| preinte | n | W7 | ||
| presse | n | press | W7 | |
| pressen | vb | to press | W7 | |
| repressen | vb | to repress | W7 | |
| suppressen | vb | to suppress | W7 | |
| English: | appressed | adj | pressed close to/lying flat against (something) | AHD/W7 |
| apres | prep | after | AHD | |
| compress | n | folded pad/cloth to press upon body part | AHD/W7 | |
| compress | vb | to condense, press/squeeze together | AHD/W7 | |
| depress | vb.trans | to repress, subjugate | AHD/W7 | |
| espresso | n | coffee brewed by steam forced through powdered beans | AHD/W7 | |
| express | adj | explicit, directly/distinctly stated | AHD/W7 | |
| express | vb.trans | to depict, delineate | AHD/W7 | |
| impress | vb | to apply with pressure (to imprint) | AHD/W7 | |
| imprimatur | n | license to print/publish | AHD/W7 | |
| imprint | n | something (im)printed | AHD/W7 | |
| oppress | vb.trans | to suppress | AHD/W7 | |
| pregnant | adj | gravid, with child; cogent | AHD/W7 | |
| press | n | throng, crowd, crowded condition | AHD/W7 | |
| press | vb | to squeeze, act upon via steady force | AHD/W7 | |
| pressure | n | act of pressing, being pressed | AHD | |
| n | impression, mark made by pressure | AHD/W7 | ||
| repress | vb | to curb, check by pressure | AHD/W7 | |
| reprimand | n | severe/formal reproof/reproach | AHD/W7 | |
| suppress | vb.trans | to subdue, put down by force/authority | AHD/W7 | |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin: | adpressus | vb.ptc | appressed | CDC |
| appressus | vb.ptc | (ap)pressed | W7 | |
| apprimo, apprimere | vb | to press to | W7 | |
| compressus | vb.ptc | compressed | W7 | |
| comprimo, comprimere | vb | to compress | W7 | |
| depressus | vb.ptc | pressed down | W7 | |
| deprimo, deprimere | vb | to press down | W7 | |
| espressus | vb.ptc | pressed out | W7 | |
| expressus | vb.ptc | pressed out | W7 | |
| exprimō, exprimere, expressī, expressum | vb | to express, press out | LRC | |
| impressus | vb.ptc | pressed against | W7 | |
| imprimo, imprimere | vb | to imprint, press against | W7 | |
| oppressus | vb.ptc | oppressed | W7 | |
| opprimo, opprimere | vb | to oppress | W7 | |
| prelum | n.neut | press | W7 | |
| premō, premere, pressī, pressum | vb | to press, oppress | LRC | |
| presso, pressāre | vb | to press | W7 | |
| pressus | vb.ptc | pressed, compressed | W7 | |
| repressus | vb.ptc | repressed | W7 | |
| reprimendus | vb.ptc | reprimanded | W7 | |
| reprimo, reprimere, repressi, repressum | vb | to check, restrain, reprimand | W7 | |
| suppressus | vb.ptc | suppressed | W7 | |
| supprimo, supprimere | vb | to suppress | W7 | |
| Late Latin: | compresso, compressāre | vb | to press hard/together | W7 |
| New Latin: | imprimatur | n.masc | license to print/publish | W7 |
| imprimo, imprimere | vb | to print | W7 | |
| Old French: | après | prep | apres | AHD |
| expres | adj | pressed out | W7 | |
| expresser | vb | to press out | W7 | |
| preindre | vb | to press | W7 | |
| preint | vb.ptc | printed | W7 | |
| preinte | n.fem | print, track | W7 | |
| presse | n.fem | press | W7 | |
| presser | vb | to press | W7 | |
| Middle French: | compresse | n.fem | compress | W7 |
| compresser | vb | to compress | W7 | |
| depresser | vb | to depress, push down | W7 | |
| empreindre | vb | to imprint | W7 | |
| empreint | vb.ptc | with print, printed, full of | W7 | |
| empreinte | n.fem | print, trace | W7 | |
| exprès | adv | expressly, on purpose | W7 | |
| expresser | vb | to press out | W7 | |
| oppresser | vb | to oppress | W7 | |
| preignant | vb.pres.ptc | pregnant | W7 | |
| preindre | vb | to press | W7 | |
| presser | vb | to press | W7 | |
| French: | après | prep | apres | TLL |
| près | adv | next, besides | TLL | |
| réprimande | n.fem | reprimand | W7 | |
| Italian: | expresso | n.masc | pressed-out coffee | W7 |
| presso | adv | next, besides | TLL | |
| Slavic | ||||
| Russian: | peret | vb | to press | W7 |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| adj | = | adjective |
| adv | = | adverb(ial) |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| neut | = | neuter (gender) |
| prep | = | preposition |
| pres | = | present (tense) |
| ptc | = | participle |
| 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) |
| CDC | = | W.D. Whitney and B.E. Smith: The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia (1889-1911) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| TLL | = | Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944) |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |