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: 2. (s)ner- 'to turn, wind, etc.'
Semantic Field(s): to Turn, to Wind, Wrap
Indo-European Reflexes:
Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
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English | ||||
Old English: | ge-sneorcan | vb | to shrivel up | GED |
nearu | adj | narrow; full of hardship | LRC | |
Middle English: | narowe | adj | narrow | W7 |
English: | narrow | adj | slender, less than standard width | W7 |
Nori | prop.n | dwarf in Tolkien: The Hobbit | LRC | |
West Germanic | ||||
Dutch: | snor | n | moustache | TLL |
Old Saxon: | naru | adj | narrow; oppressive | ASD |
Old High German: | narwa | n.wk.fem | scar | GED |
narwo | n.wk.masc | scar | GED | |
snar(a)ha | n.fem | loop | GED | |
snerhan | vb.wk | to twist, wind | GED | |
snuor | n | cord | W7 | |
German: | Narbe | n.fem | scar | LRC |
Schnur | n | cord, string | LRC | |
Schnurrbart | n | moustache | TLL | |
North Germanic | ||||
Old Norse: | Nóri | prop.n.masc | Nori (Voluspa dwarf) | TPE |
nóri | n.masc | turner, winder | LRC | |
Old Icelandic: | snara | vb.wk | to turn | GED |
snorkinn | vb.past.ptc | shriveled | GED |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
Abbrev. | Meaning | |
---|---|---|
adj | = | adjective |
fem | = | feminine (gender) |
masc | = | masculine (gender) |
n | = | noun |
past | = | past (tense) |
prop | = | proper |
ptc | = | participle |
vb | = | verb |
wk | = | weak (inflection) |
Key to information Source codes (always with 'LRC' as editor):
Code | Citation | |
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ASD | = | Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller: An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898) |
GED | = | Winfred P. Lehmann: A Gothic Etymological Dictionary (1986) |
LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
TLL | = | Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944) |
TPE | = | Lee M. Hollander: The Poetic Edda (1962) |
W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |