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)leidh- 'to slide; slippery'
Semantic Field(s): to Slip, Slide
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Old English: | slīdan | vb.str | to slide | ASD/W7 |
| slidrian | vb.freq | to slither | W7 | |
| Middle English: | sledde | n | sled | W7 |
| sliden | vb | to slide | W7 | |
| slideren | vb | to slither | W7 | |
| English: | Schlitterbahn | prop.n | Texas water amusement park | LRC |
| sled | n | vehicle on runners for use on snow/ice | AHD/W7 | |
| sledge | n | sleigh | AHD/W7 | |
| sleigh | n | large sled for transport | AHD/W7 | |
| slide, slid | vb.str | to slip, move smoothly along surface | AHD/W7 | |
| slither | vb | to slip, slide, glide | OED | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Middle Dutch: | sledde | n | sled | W7 |
| Dutch: | slede | n | sled | W7 |
| slee | n | sleigh | W7 | |
| sleedse | n | sledge | W7 | |
| Middle High German: | slīten | vb | to slide | W7 |
| German: | Schlitten | n.masc | sled | LRC |
| schlittern | vb | to slide | LRC | |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Homeric Greek: | λεῖος | adj | smooth, even, level | LRC |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| adj | = | adjective |
| freq | = | frequentative (aspect) |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| prop | = | proper |
| str | = | strong (inflection) |
| 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 |
| OED | = | James A.H. Murray et al: The Oxford English Dictionary (1933) |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |
