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. pes-, pesos 'penis'
Semantic Field(s): Penis
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Old English: | fæsl | n.neut | offspring, progeny | LRC |
| Middle English: | pensel | n | pencil | W7 |
| English: | pencil | n | artist's brush | AHD/W7 |
| penicillium | n | blue mold fungus | AHD/W7 | |
| penis | n | male organ of copulation | AHD/W7 | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Old Dutch: | fasel, vasel | n | fetus (in utero) | ASD |
| Low German: | fasel | n | offspring, progeny | ASD |
| Old High German: | fasal | n.fem | brood, offspring, progeny | ASD |
| faselt | n | penis | RPN | |
| Middle High German: | vasel | n.neut | brood, offspring, progeny | ASD |
| German: | fasel | n.masc | brood, offspring, progeny | ASD |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Icelandic: | fösull | n.masc | brood | ASD |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin: | penicillus | n.masc.dim | little tail | W7 |
| pēnis | n.masc | tail; penis | RPN | |
| Vulgar Latin: | penicellus | n.masc.dim | little tail | W7 |
| New Latin: | penicillium | n.neut | (genus of) fungus | W7 |
| Middle French: | pincel | n.masc | little tail, painting brush | W7 |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Greek: | πέος | n.neut | penis | RPN |
| πόσθη | n.fem | penis | RPN | |
| Indic | ||||
| Sanskrit: | pásas- | n | penis | RPN |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| dim | = | diminutive |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| neut | = | neuter (gender) |
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 |
| RPN | = | Allan R. Bomhard: Reconstructing Proto-Nostratic (2002) |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |
