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)pingo- 'finch, sparrow'
Semantic Field(s): Bird
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celtic | ||||
| Welsh: | pinc | n.masc | finch | ASD |
| English | ||||
| Old English: | ceaffinc | n.masc | chaffinch | W7 |
| finc | n.masc | finch | W7 | |
| Middle English: | chaffinch | n | chaffinch | W7 |
| finch | n | finch | W7 | |
| English: | chaffinch | n | European finch | AHD/W7 |
| distelfink | n | traditional folk-art finch motif | AHD | |
| finch | n | songbird with short stout conical bill | AHD/W7 | |
| hawfinch | n | Eurasian finch with white/brown/black feathers | AHD | |
| pinch | n.dial | finch | IEW | |
| (s)pink | n.dial | finch | IEW | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Dutch: | vink | n.masc | finch | ASD |
| Pennsylvania German: | distelfink | n | distelfink | AHD |
| Low German: | fink(e) | n.masc | finch | ASD |
| Old High German: | finc(h)o | n.masc | finch | ASD/W7 |
| Middle High German: | vinke | n.masc | finch | ASD |
| German: | Fink(e) | n.masc | finch | ASD |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Danish: | finke | n.masc/fem | finch | ASD |
| Swedish: | fink | n.masc | finch | ASD |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Greek: | spiza | n.fem | chaffinch | W7 |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| dial | = | dialectal |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
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) |
| IEW | = | Julius Pokorny: Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (1959) |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |
