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. sel- 'salon, dwelling place'
Semantic Field(s): Room, House
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Old English: | seld | n.neut | seat, throne; hall, mansion, palace | ASD |
| sele, sæl, sel | n.masc/neut | hall, house, dwelling | LRC | |
| English: | entresol | n | mezzanine | AHD/W7 |
| Meduseld | prop.n | Mark palace in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | LRC | |
| salon | n | apartment, living room | AHD/W7 | |
| saloon | n | salon | AHD/W7 | |
| solifluction | n | soil creep over frozen ground | AHD | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Old Saxon: | seli | n.masc | hall, house, dwelling | ASD |
| seliða, selda | n | seat, throne; hall, mansion | ASD | |
| Old High German: | sal | n | hall | W7 |
| selida | n.fem | hall, house, mansion, residence | ASD | |
| seli-hūs | n | lit. dwelling-house | ASD | |
| German: | Saal | n.masc | hall | LRC |
| Salon | n.masc | salon | LRC | |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Norse: | salr | n.masc | hall; ground; [pl.] complex dwelling | LRC |
| Icelandic: | salr | n | hall | ASD |
| East Germanic | ||||
| Gothic: | salithwa | n.fem | mansion, chamber | ASD |
| saljan | vb | to dwell, abide | LRC | |
| Italic | ||||
| French: | entresol | n | entresol | W7 |
| salon | n.masc | lounge, salon | W7 | |
| Italian: | sala | n.fem | hall, (dining) room | AHD |
| salone | n.masc | hall, salon, (assembly) room | W7 | |
| Baltic | ||||
| Lithuanian: | sala | n.fem | island; village | W7 |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| neut | = | neuter (gender) |
| prop | = | proper |
| 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) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |
