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: sperg̑h-, spreg̑h-, nasalized spreng̑h- 'to rush, hurry, spring, jump'
Semantic Field(s): to Hurry, Hasten, to Jump, Leap
Indo-European Reflexes:
Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
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English | ||||
Old English: | ǣ-spring, ǣ-sprynge | n.neut | fountain, lit. water-spring | ASD/ODE |
besprengan | vb | to besprinkle | ASD/W7 | |
spring, spryng | n.masc | spring: source; rising/springing; what springs up | ASD/ODE | |
springan, sprang, sprungon, sprungen | vb.str.III | to spring, spread, burst forth | LRC | |
wiell-spring | n | wellspring | ODE | |
Middle English: | besprengen | vb | to besprinkle | W7 |
bespreynt | adj | besprent | W7 | |
sprenge, springe | n | springe | W7 | |
spring | n | spring | ODE | |
springen | vb | to spring | W7 | |
English: | besprent | adj | sprinkled over | AHD/W7 |
gelandesprung | n | skiing jump made from low crouch | AHD/W7 | |
klipspringer | n | small agile African antelope | AHD | |
spring, sprang, sprung | vb.str | to leap, dart, shoot, move elastically | AHD/W7 | |
spring | n | (water) source; season of growth | IEW/W7 | |
springbok | n | small S African brown/white leaping gazelle | AHD | |
springe | n | noose fastened to elastic to catch small game | AHD/W7 | |
springle | n | springe, bird trap/snare | IEW | |
wellspring | n | fountainhead, source of supply | W7 | |
West Germanic | ||||
Old Frisian: | springa | vb | to spring, spread, burst forth | ASD |
Middle Dutch: | spring | n | spring: source | ODE |
springhen | vb | to spring | AHD | |
Dutch: | springen | vb | to spring | ODE |
springer | n | springer: leaper, jumper | AHD | |
Afrikaans: | klipspringer | n | klipspringer | AHD |
springbok | n | springbok | AHD | |
Old Saxon: | springan | vb | to spring, burst forth | ASD |
Middle Low German: | spring | n | spring: source | ODE |
Old High German: | spring | n | spring: source | ODE |
springan | vb | to spring, jump | W7 | |
German: | Geländesprung | n.masc | gelandesprung | W7 |
springen | vb | to spring, jump | LRC | |
Sprung | n.masc | leap, jump | W7 | |
North Germanic | ||||
Old Norse: | springa | vb | to spring | ODE |
Icelandic: | springa | vb | to spring, burst, crack | ASD |
Hellenic | ||||
Homeric Greek: | σπέρχω | vb | to speed, hasten, drive fast | LRC |
Greek: | ἀσπερχές | adv | unceasingly | LRC |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
Abbrev. | Meaning | |
---|---|---|
III | = | class 3 |
adj | = | adjective |
adv | = | adverb(ial) |
masc | = | masculine (gender) |
n | = | noun |
neut | = | neuter (gender) |
str | = | strong (inflection) |
vb | = | verb |
Key to information Source codes (always with 'LRC' as editor):
Code | Citation | |
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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) |
IEW | = | Julius Pokorny: Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (1959) |
LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
ODE | = | C.T. Onions: The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology (1966) |
W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |