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: sāi- 'pain, illness; sore'
Semantic Field(s): Pain, Suffering
Indo-European Reflexes:
Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
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English | ||||
Old English: | sǣ | n.masc/fem | sea, lake, water | ASD |
sǣ-wār | n | seaware, seaweed | ASD | |
sār | adj/n.neut | sore; sorrow, suffering | ASD/W7 | |
sārig | adj | sorry | ASD | |
Middle English: | sæ, se(e) | n | sea | CDC |
sor | adj | sore | W7 | |
sory | adj | sorry | W7 | |
English: | sea | n | large body of salt water | W7 |
seaware | n | sea wrack used like manure | AHD/W7 | |
seaweed | n | marine algae | AHD | |
sore | adj | painful, causing pain/distress | AHD/W7 | |
sore | n | sore spot on body | W7 | |
sorry | adj | feeling sorrow/regret/penitence | AHD/W7 | |
West Germanic | ||||
Old Frisian: | sē | n.masc/fem | sea, lake | ASD/CDC |
sēr | n | sore, ache, pain; sorrow | ASD | |
Middle Dutch: | see | n.masc/fem | sea, lake | CDC |
Dutch: | zee | n.masc/fem | sea, lake | CDC |
Old Saxon: | sēo, sē(u) | n.masc | sea, lake | ASD/CDC |
sēr | n | sore, ache, pain; sorrow | ASD | |
sērag | adj | sorry, bitter | ASD | |
Old Low German: | sēr | n | sore, ache, pain; sorrow | ASD |
Middle Low German: | sē | n.masc/fem | sea, lake | CDC |
Low German: | see | n.masc/fem | sea, lake | CDC |
Old High German: | sēo, sē(u) | n.masc/fem | sea, lake | ASD/CDC |
sēr | n | sore, ache, pain; sorrow | W7 | |
sērag | adj | sorry, bitter | ASD | |
Middle High German: | sē | n.masc/fem | sea, lake | CDC |
German: | See | n.fem | sea | LRC |
See | n.masc | lake | LRC | |
North Germanic | ||||
Old Norse: | sár | n.neut | sore, wound | LRC |
Icelandic: | sær, sjār, sjōr | n | sea | ASD |
Danish: | saar | n | sore, wound | TLL |
sø | n | sea, lake | TLL | |
Swedish: | sjö | n | sea, lake | TLL |
sår | n | sore, wound | TLL | |
East Germanic | ||||
Gothic: | sair | n | sore, ache, pain; sorrow | ASD |
saiws | n | sea | ASD | |
Italic | ||||
Latin: | saevus, saeva, saevum | adj | cruel, fierce | LRC |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
Abbrev. | Meaning | |
---|---|---|
adj | = | adjective |
fem | = | feminine (gender) |
masc | = | masculine (gender) |
n | = | noun |
neut | = | neuter (gender) |
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) |
LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
TLL | = | Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944) |
W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |