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: (s)k(h)ai-, (s)k(h)ai-d-, (s)k(h)ai-t- 'to cuff, kick'
Semantic Field(s): to Hit, Strike, Beat
Indo-European Reflexes:
Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
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English | ||||
Middle English: | celen | vb | to ceil | W7 |
chisel | n | chisel | W7 | |
circumcisen | vb | to circumcise | W7 | |
deciden | vb | to decide | W7 | |
sallet | n | sallet | W7 | |
sement | n | cement | W7 | |
sisoure | n | scissor | W7 | |
English: | abscind | vb | to cut off | CDC |
abscise | vb | to cut off | AHD/W7 | |
abscissa | n | mathematical term for X coordinate in Cartesian plane | AHD | |
abscission | n | removal, cutting off | W7 | |
caesura | n | break in verse caused by ending of word within foot | AHD/W7 | |
ceil | vb.trans | to furnish (e.g. wooden ship) with lining | AHD/W7 | |
cement | n | powder used in mortar/concrete | AHD/W7 | |
cestus | n | boxer's hand covering | AHD/W7 | |
chisel | n | metal tool with cutting edge at end | AHD/W7 | |
-cide | n.sfx | killer | AHD/W7 | |
circumcise | vb.trans | to cut off prepuce/clitoris | AHD/W7 | |
concise | adj | marked by brevity of statement/expression | AHD/W7 | |
decide | vb | to arrive at solution ending dispute/uncertainty | AHD/W7 | |
excise | vb.trans | to cut out | AHD/W7 | |
feticide | n | act/instance of killing fetus | AHD/W7 | |
fratricide | n | one who kills a sibling | AHD/W7 | |
incise | vb.trans | to cut into | AHD/W7 | |
precise | adj | sharply/exactly defined/stated | AHD/W7 | |
recision | n | cancellation | AHD/W7 | |
sallet | n | light helmet with projection over neck | AHD/W7 | |
scissor | n | scissors | AHD/W7 | |
sororicide | n | killing of one's sister | AHD | |
suicide | n | act/instance of killing oneself | AHD/W7 | |
West Germanic | ||||
Dutch: | cement | n | cement | TLL |
Middle High German: | heie | n | mallet | W7 |
German: | Zement | n | cement | TLL |
North Germanic | ||||
Danish: | cement | n | cement | TLL |
Swedish: | cement | n | cement | TLL |
Italic | ||||
Latin: | abscīdō, abscīdere | vb | to abscise, hew off | ELD/W7 |
abscindō, abscindere | vb | to abscind, tear off, break off/away | AHD/ELD | |
abscīsus, abscīsa, abscīsum | adj | severed, cut off | W7 | |
caedes, caedis | n.fem | murder | LRC | |
caedo, caedere | vb | to cut, kill, murder | W7 | |
caelo, caelāre | vb | to carve | W7 | |
caelum | n.neut | chisel | W7 | |
caementum, caementi | n.neut | quarry-stone, stone chip | LRC | |
caestus | n.masc | gauntlet for boxer | W7 | |
caesura | n.fem | act of cutting | W7 | |
caesus | vb.ptc | cut | W7 | |
-cida | sfx | -cide | W7 | |
-cidium | sfx | killing | W7 | |
circumcido, circumcidere | vb | to circumcise | W7 | |
circumcisus | vb.ptc | circumcised | W7 | |
concido, concidere | vb | to cut up | W7 | |
concisus | vb.ptc | broken up into divisions | W7 | |
decido, decidere | vb | to decide, cut off | W7 | |
excido, excidere | vb | to cut out | W7 | |
excisus | vb.ptc | cut out | W7 | |
incido, incidere | vb | to fall on, happen | W7 | |
incisus | vb.ptc | cut in | W7 | |
praecido, praecidere | vb | to cut off | W7 | |
praecisus | vb.ptc | cut off | W7 | |
Vulgar Latin: | caesorium | n.neut | cutting instrument | W7 |
Late Latin: | caesura | n.fem | caesura | W7 |
cisorium | n.neut | cutting instrument | W7 | |
rescissio, rescissionis | n.fem | rescission | W7 | |
Old French: | ciment | n.masc | cement | W7 |
Old North French: | chisel | n.masc | chisel, cutter | W7 |
chisoir | n.masc | goldsmith's chisel | W7 | |
Middle French: | celer | vb | to hide | W7 |
-cide | sfx | having killed | W7 | |
cisoire | n.fem | cutting instrument | W7 | |
decider | vb | to decide | W7 | |
incise | adj.fem | chiselled | W7 | |
inciser | vb | to make an incision | W7 | |
précis | adj | precise | W7 | |
recision | n.fem | recision | W7 | |
rescision | n.fem | act of cutting again | W7 | |
sallade | n.fem | helmet | W7 | |
Armenian | ||||
Armenian: | xayc | n | bite | W7 |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
Abbrev. | Meaning | |
---|---|---|
adj | = | adjective |
fem | = | feminine (gender) |
masc | = | masculine (gender) |
n | = | noun |
neut | = | neuter (gender) |
ptc | = | participle |
sfx | = | suffix |
trans | = | transitive |
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) |
CDC | = | W.D. Whitney and B.E. Smith: The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia (1889-1911) |
ELD | = | Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary (1999) |
LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
TLL | = | Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944) |
W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |