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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |