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