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)tāi- 'to steal, do secretly'
Semantic Field(s): to Steal, Secret, to Steal, Secret
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| English: | steapsin | n | lipase in pancreatic juice | AHD/W7 |
| stearate | n | salt/ester of stearic acid | W7 | |
| stearic | adj | re: tallow/stearin | AHD/W7 | |
| stearin | n | ester of glycerol/stearic acid | AHD/W7 | |
| stearine | n | solid portion of fat | W7 | |
| stearoptene | n | portion of natural essential oil | AHD | |
| steatite | n | soapstone, massive grayish green/brown talc | AHD/W7 | |
| steenbok | n | small antelope of SE Africa | AHD | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Afrikaans: | steenbok | n | steenbok | AHD |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin: | steatitis | n.fem | steatite, precious stone | W7 |
| French: | stéarine | n.fem | stearin | R1/W7 |
| stéarique | adj | stearic, of stearine | W7 | |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Greek: | στέᾰρ | n.neut | suet, tallow, hard fat | LS |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| adj | = | adjective |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| neut | = | neuter (gender) |
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) |
| LS | = | Liddell and Scott: Greek-English Lexicon, 7th-9th ed's (1882-1940), rev. |
| R1 | = | Josette Rey-Debove and Alain Rey, eds. Le Nouveau Petit Robert (1993) |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |
