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: sak- 'to sacrifice, sanctify, make a treaty'
Semantic Field(s): Holy, Sacred, Oath
Indo-European Reflexes:
Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
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English | ||||
Middle English: | consecraten | vb | to consecrate | W7 |
sacerdotal | adj | sacerdotal | W7 | |
sacred | adj | sacred | W7 | |
sacren | vb | to consecrate | W7 | |
sacrifice | n | sacrifice | W7 | |
saint | n | saint | W7 | |
secresteyn | n | sexton | W7 | |
sexteyn | n | sexton | W7 | |
English: | consecrate | vb.trans | to induct into permanent office with religious rite | AHD/W7 |
corposant | n | Saint Elmo's fire | AHD/W7 | |
execrate | vb.trans | to put under curse | AHD/W7 | |
sacerdotal | adj | priestly, re: priests/priesthood | AHD/W7 | |
sacred | adj | holy, set apart for service/worship of deity | AHD/W7 | |
sacrifice | n | offering to deity | W7 | |
sacrifice | vb | to immolate, offer to deity | W7 | |
sacristan | n | sexton, one in charge of sacristy | AHD | |
sacristy | n | vestry, room in church housing sacred vessels/vestments | AHD | |
sacrosanct | adj | sacred, inviolable | AHD/W7 | |
saint | n | one officially recognized as holy/preeminent | AHD/W7 | |
sanctum | n | sacred place | AHD/W7 | |
sexton | n | church officer/employee who cares for property | AHD/W7 | |
Italic | ||||
Latin: | consecratus | vb.ptc | consecrated, dedicated | W7 |
consecro, consecrare | vb | to consecrate, dedicate | W7 | |
exsecratus | vb.ptc | imprecated | W7 | |
exsecror, exsecrāri | vb.dep | to imprecate | W7 | |
sacer | adj | sacred | W7 | |
sacerdos, sacerdotis | n.masc | priest | W7 | |
sacerdotalis | adj | re: priest/priesthood | W7 | |
sacio, sacire | vb | to make sacred | W7 | |
sacro, sacrare | vb | to consecrate | W7 | |
sacrosanctus | adj | sacrosanct | W7 | |
sanciō, sancīre, sānxī, sānctum | vb | to enact, make sacred | LRC | |
sanctus, sancta, sanctum | adj | sacred | LRC | |
Late Latin: | sanctus, sancta, sanctum | adj | re: saint | LRC |
Medieval Latin: | sacristanus | n.masc | sacristan | W7 |
Portuguese: | corpo-santo | n.masc | holy body | W7 |
Old French: | sacrer | vb | to make sacred | W7 |
sacrifice | n | sacrifice | W7 | |
Middle French: | sacerdotal | adj | re: priest/priesthood | W7 |
saint | adj | sacred | W7 | |
secrestain | n.masc | sacristan | W7 | |
Anatolian | ||||
Hittite: | sāklāis | n | rite | W7 |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
Abbrev. | Meaning | |
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adj | = | adjective |
dep | = | deponent |
masc | = | masculine (gender) |
n | = | noun |
ptc | = | participle |
trans | = | transitive |
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) |
LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |