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: 1. (s)ten- 'to drone, groan, thunder, etc.'
Semantic Field(s): Sound (n), to Groan, Noise, Thunder
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Old English: | þunor | n.masc | thunder | W7 |
| þunresdæg | n.masc | Thursday, lit. Thor's day | W7 | |
| Middle English: | astonen | vb | to astound | W7 |
| astonien | vb | to astonish | W7 | |
| stunen | vb | to stun | W7 | |
| thoner, thunder | n | thunder | W7 | |
| Thursday | prop.n | day named for Thor: Germanic thunder god | W7 | |
| English: | astonish | vb.trans | to strike with sudden fear | AHD/W7 |
| blunderbuss | n | short firearm with large bore/flaring muzzle | AHD/W7 | |
| detonate | vb | to explode suddenly/violently | AHD/W7 | |
| Donner | prop.n | Thunder: one of Santa's reindeer | LRC | |
| Dunder, Donder | prop.n | a.k.a. Donner | LRC | |
| dunderhead | n | dunce, blockhead | AHD/W7 | |
| stun | vb.trans | to strike dizzy/senseless | AHD/W7 | |
| Thor | prop.n | god of thunder (Norse mythology) | LRC | |
| thunder | n | sound heard after lightning | AHD/W7 | |
| thunder | vb | to produce sound like thunder | W7 | |
| Thursday | prop.n | day between Wednesday and Friday | AHD/W7 | |
| tornado | n | tropical thunderstorm | AHD/W7 | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Old Frisian: | thuner, tonger | n.masc | thunder | ASD |
| Thunres-dei | prop.n | Thursday, lit. Thor's day | ASD | |
| Dutch: | donder | n | thunder | W7 |
| donderbus | n | blunderbuss | W7 | |
| Old Low German: | thuner | n.masc | thunder | ASD |
| Old High German: | Toniris-tac | prop.n | Thursday, lit. Thor's day | ASD |
| þonar, donar | n.masc | thunder | ASD/W7 | |
| German: | Donar | prop.n | Thor | LRC |
| Donner | n.masc | thunder | LRC | |
| Donnerstag | n.masc | Thursday, lit. Thor's day | LRC | |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Norse: | Þōrr | prop.n | Thor | W7 |
| þōrs-dagr | n.masc | Thursday, lit. Thor's day | W7 | |
| Icelandic: | þōrr | n | thunder | ASD |
| Danish: | torden | n | thunder | LRC |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin: | detonatus | vb.ptc | having thundered | W7 |
| detono, detonare | vb | to thunder down | W7 | |
| tono, tonare | vb | to thunder | W7 | |
| Vulgar Latin: | extono, extonare | vb | to thunder | W7 |
| Spanish: | tronada | n.fem | thunderstorm | W7 |
| tronar | vb | to thunder | W7 | |
| Old French: | eston(i)er | vb | to astonish | CDC/W7 |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Homeric Greek: | στενάχω | vb | to sigh, groan, lament | LRC |
| στονόεις | adj | sad, wretched, causing sighs/groans | LRC | |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| adj | = | adjective |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| prop | = | proper |
| ptc | = | participle |
| trans | = | transitive |
| vb | = | verb |
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) |
| CDC | = | W.D. Whitney and B.E. Smith: The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia (1889-1911) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |