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: 2. rēd- : rōd- : rəd- 'to gnaw, scrape, scratch'
Semantic Field(s): to Bite, to Rub
Indo-European Reflexes:
Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
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English | ||||
Old English: | ræt | n | rat | W7 |
Middle English: | corroden | vb | to corrode | W7 |
rape | n | rape | W7 | |
rascaile | n | (one of the) rabble | W7 | |
rasour | n | razor | W7 | |
rat | n | rat | W7 | |
English: | abrade | vb | to erode, rub/wear away (by friction) | AHD/W7 |
corrade | vb | to wear away via abrasion | AHD/W7 | |
corrode | vb | to eat away slowly as if by gnawing | AHD/W7 | |
erase | vb | to rub/scrape out (e.g. written letters) | AHD/W7 | |
erode | vb | to destroy/diminish by degrees | AHD/W7 | |
Morgul-rats | prop.n.pl | orc guards in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | LRC | |
raclette | n | Swiss dish similar to fondue | AHD/CDC | |
radula | n | horny band/ribbon of minute teeth in non-bivalve mollusks | AHD/W7 | |
rape | n | European herb in mustard family | AHD/W7 | |
rappee | n | pungent snuff made from rank tobacco leaves | AHD/W7 | |
rascal | n | mean/dishonest/unprincipled person | AHD/W7 | |
rash | n | eruption on skin | AHD/W7 | |
rasorial | adj | habitually scratching ground (in food search) | AHD/W7 | |
raster | n | screen for photo-engraving | AHD/W7 | |
rat | n | rodent akin to mouse | AHD/W7 | |
ratine | n | nubby ply (thick and thin) yarn | AHD/W7 | |
ratteen | n | coarse woolen fabric | AHD/W7 | |
raze | vb | to demolish, level to the ground | AHD | |
razor | n | keen-edged knife for shaving/cutting hair | AHD/W7 | |
rodent | n | small gnawing mammal with chisel-shaped incisors | AHD/W7 | |
rostrum | n | platform for public orators | AHD/W7 | |
West Germanic | ||||
Old Dutch: | ratta | n | rat | ASD |
Dutch: | rat | n | rat | TLL |
Old High German: | rāba | n | rape, turnip | W7 |
rato | n.masc | rat | ASD | |
ratta | n.fem | rat | ASD | |
German: | Raster | n.masc | raster | W7 |
Ratte | n.fem | rat | ASD | |
Rübe | n.fem | rape | IEW | |
North Germanic | ||||
Icelandic: | rotta | n.fem | rat | ASD |
Swedish: | råtta | n | rat; mouse | TLL |
Italic | ||||
Latin: | abrado, abradere | vb | to scrape off | W7 |
corrado, corradere | vb | to scrape together | W7 | |
corrodo, corrodere | vb | to gnaw to pieces | W7 | |
erado, eradere | vb | to erase | W7 | |
erasus | vb.ptc | erased | W7 | |
erodo, erodere | vb | to eat away | W7 | |
rado, radere | vb | to scrape, scratch | W7 | |
radula | n.fem | scraper | W7 | |
rāpum | n.neut | rape, turnip | W7 | |
raster | n.masc | rake | W7 | |
rastrum | n.neut | rake | W7 | |
rasus | vb.ptc | scratched | W7 | |
rodens, rodentis | adj/vb.ptc | gnawing | W7 | |
rodo, rodere | vb | to gnaw | W7 | |
Rostra | prop.n.neut.pl | platform for speakers in Roman Forum | W7 | |
rostrum | n.neut | beak, prow of ship | W7 | |
Vulgar Latin: | rasica | n.fem | rash | W7 |
rasico, rasicāre | vb | to scratch | W7 | |
Late Latin: | rasor | n.masc | scraper | W7 |
Old French: | raseor | n.masc | razor | W7 |
raser | vb | to raze, shave | W7 | |
French: | rache | n.fem | scurf | W7 |
râpe | n.fem | grater; grape stalk | W7 | |
râpé | vb.ptc | grated | W7 | |
ratine | n.fem | type of absorbing fabric | W7 | |
ratiné | adj | fabric that looks like ratine | W7 |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
Abbrev. | Meaning | |
---|---|---|
adj | = | adjective |
fem | = | feminine (gender) |
masc | = | masculine (gender) |
n | = | noun |
neut | = | neuter (gender) |
pl | = | plural (number) |
prop | = | proper |
ptc | = | participle |
vb | = | verb |
Key to information Source codes (always with 'LRC' as editor):
Code | Citation | |
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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) |
CDC | = | W.D. Whitney and B.E. Smith: The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia (1889-1911) |
IEW | = | Julius Pokorny: Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (1959) |
LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
TLL | = | Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944) |
W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |