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. reu-, rēu-, rū̆- '(onomatopoeic: to roar, rout, round, etc.)'
Semantic Field(s): Sound (n), Various Cries
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celtic | ||||
| Middle Irish: | rucht | n.masc | roar | IED/W7 |
| English | ||||
| Old English: | rēoc | adj | wild, fierce, savage | W7 |
| rēon | vb | to mourn, lament | W7 | |
| rēotan | vb | to weep, wail | W7 | |
| rūn | n.fem | rune, writing; secret, mystery | W7 | |
| rūnian | vb.wk | to round | ASD/W7 | |
| Middle English: | riot | n | riot | W7 |
| rounen | vb | to round | W7 | |
| rowten | vb | to rout | W7 | |
| rumour | n | rumor | W7 | |
| rutte | n | rut | W7 | |
| English: | raucous | adj | hoarse, disagreeably harsh/strident | AHD/W7 |
| riot | n | debauchery, profligate behavior | AHD/W7 | |
| rote | n | surf noise on shore | AHD/W7 | |
| round | vb.trans | to whisper, mutter, mumble, talk low | AHD/W7 | |
| rout | vb.intrans | to bellow, low loudly | AHD/W7 | |
| rumor | n | hearsay, talk/opinion with no discernible source | AHD/W7 | |
| rune | n | letter in ancient Germanic alphabet | AHD/W7 | |
| rut | n | male deer's (annual state of) sexual excitement | AHD/W7 | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Old Dutch: | rūnen | vb | to round | ASD |
| Old Saxon: | rūna | n | rune, counsel, conference | ASD |
| Old Low German: | rūnan | vb | to round, murmur | ASD |
| Old High German: | riuzan | vb | to weep, bewail; make harsh noise | ASD |
| rūna | n | rune, whisper, secret discussion | ASD | |
| rūnēn | vb | to round, murmur, grumble | ASD | |
| German: | Rune | n.fem | rune | LRC |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Norse: | rauta | vb | to roar | W7 |
| rūn | n | rune, secret, mystery | LRC | |
| Icelandic: | rjōta | vb | to roar, rattle | ASD |
| rūn | n | rune, counsel | ASD | |
| East Germanic | ||||
| Gothic: | rūna | n.str.fem | rune, counsel; secret, mystery | LRC |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin: | raucus | adj | hoarse | W7 |
| rudo, rudere | vb | to roar, cry out | W7 | |
| rugio, rugīre | vb | to roar | W7 | |
| rumor, rumoris | n.masc | rumor, gossip; murmur, humming noise | LRC | |
| Late Latin: | rugitus | n.masc | roar | W7 |
| Old French: | riot | n.masc | dispute | W7 |
| Middle French: | rumour | n.fem | rumor, gossip; humming noise | W7 |
| rut | n.masc | roar | W7 | |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Greek: | ὠρύομαι | vb | to howl | LRC |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| adj | = | adjective |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| intrans | = | intransitive |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| str | = | strong (inflection) |
| trans | = | transitive |
| vb | = | verb |
| wk | = | weak (inflection) |
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) |
| IED | = | Patrick S. Dinneen: An Irish-English Dictionary (1927) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |