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: preus- 'to burn, freeze'
Semantic Field(s): to Burn, Scorch, Cold, Frigid
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Old English: | forst | n.masc | frost | LRC |
| frēorig | adj | cold, chill, freezing | LRC | |
| frēosan, frēas, fruron, froren | vb.str | to freeze | ASD/W7 | |
| Middle English: | fresen | vb | to freeze | W7 |
| froren | vb.past.ptc | frozen | W7 | |
| frost | n | frost | W7 | |
| English: | freeze, froze, frozen | vb.str | to solidify, become congealed into ice due to cold | AHD/W7 |
| Frery | prop.n | Bree calendar's January in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | LRC | |
| frore | adj | frozen, frosty | AHD/W7 | |
| frost | n | minute ice crystals | AHD/W7 | |
| pruinose | adj | covered with whitish dust/bloom | AHD/W7 | |
| prurient | adj | itching, craving restlessly | AHD/W7 | |
| prurigo | n | chronic inflammatory skin disease | AHD/W7 | |
| pruritus | n | itching | AHD/W7 | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Old Frisian: | forst, frost | n | frost | ASD |
| Frisian: | froast | n | frost | ASD |
| Dutch: | vorst | n.fem | frost | ASD |
| vriezen | vb | to freeze | ASD | |
| Old Saxon: | frost | n.masc | frost | ASD |
| Low German: | fresen, freren | vb | to freeze | ASD |
| Old High German: | friosan, freosan, friusan | vb | to freeze | ASD/W7 |
| frost | n | frost | W7 | |
| frost | n.masc | frost | ASD | |
| Middle High German: | vriusen | vb | to freeze | ASD |
| vrost | n.masc | frost | ASD | |
| German: | frieren | vb | to freeze | ASD |
| Frost | n.masc | frost | ASD | |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Norse: | frjósa | vb | to freeze | LRC |
| Icelandic: | frjōsa | vb | to freeze | ASD |
| frost | n.neut | frost | ASD | |
| Danish: | frost | n.masc/fem | frost | ASD |
| fryse | vb | to freeze | ASD | |
| Swedish: | frost | n.masc | frost | ASD |
| frysa | vb | to freeze | ASD | |
| East Germanic | ||||
| Gothic: | *frius | n.neut | frost | ASD/GED |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin: | pruina | n.fem | hoarfrost | W7 |
| pruinosus | adj | covered with hoarfrost | W7 | |
| pruna | n.fem | glowing coal | W7 | |
| prunia | n.fem | hoarfrost | W7 | |
| pruriens, prurientis | vb.ptc | itching; being wanton | W7 | |
| prurigo | n.fem | itch | W7 | |
| prūriō, prūrīre | vb | to itch; be wanton | W7 | |
| pruritus | vb.ptc | having itched | W7 | |
| New Latin: | prurigo | n.fem | chronic inflammatory skin disease | W7 |
| Indic | ||||
| Sanskrit: | ploṣati | vb | to singe | W7 |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| adj | = | adjective |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| neut | = | neuter (gender) |
| past | = | past (tense) |
| prop | = | proper |
| ptc | = | participle |
| str | = | strong (inflection) |
| 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) |
| GED | = | Winfred P. Lehmann: A Gothic Etymological Dictionary (1986) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |