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. tenk- 'to clot, thicken, contract; tight, solid'
Semantic Field(s): Thick (in Density), Hard
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Old English: | geþēon, geþāh, geþigon, geþigen | vb.str.I | to thrive, prosper | LRC |
| geðungen | adj | grown, advanced; noble, excellent | ASD | |
| ðengel | n.masc | prince | ASD/IEW | |
| þingan | vb | to invite, address; prosper, flourish | RPN | |
| þō(h)e, þō | n.fem | clay | ASD/KEW | |
| Middle English: | t(h)ight | adj | tight | W7 |
| English: | tangle | n | large seaweed | AHD/W7 |
| Thengel | prop.n | 16th Rohan king in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | LRC | |
| tight | adj | re: firm compact texture | AHD/W7 | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Old Saxon: | giþungan | adj | grown, advanced; noble, excellent | ASD |
| Old High German: | dāha | n | clay | KDW |
| dingen | vb | to bring together | ASD | |
| gi-dingen | vb | to address | ASD | |
| Middle High German: | dīhte | adj | thick | W7 |
| German: | dicht | adj | thick, tight, close | LRC |
| Dichte | n.fem | thickness, density | LRC | |
| Ton | n | clay | TLL | |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Norse: | þang | n | kelp | W7 |
| þēttr | adj | tight | W7 | |
| þöngull | n | tangle, seaweed | W7 | |
| Old Icelandic: | þengill | n | king, lord, prince, captain | IEW |
| Icelandic: | þā | n | muddy ground | ASD |
| þengill | n.masc | prince | ASD | |
| East Germanic | ||||
| Gothic: | þāhō | n | clay | KGW |
| þeihan | vb.str.I | to thrive, prosper | LRC | |
| Baltic | ||||
| Lithuanian: | teĩkti, teĩkia, teĩkė | vb | to give, render | LRC |
| tìkras, tikrà | adj | genuine | LRC | |
| Indic | ||||
| Sanskrit: | tanakti | vb | to cause to coagulate | W7 |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| I | = | class 1 |
| adj | = | adjective |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| prop | = | proper |
| str | = | strong (inflection) |
| 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) |
| IEW | = | Julius Pokorny: Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (1959) |
| KDW | = | Gerhard Köbler: Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, 4th ed. (1993) |
| KEW | = | Gerhard Köbler: Altenglisches Wörterbuch, 2nd ed. (2003) |
| KGW | = | Gerhard Köbler: Gotisches Wörterbuch, 2nd ed. (1989) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| RPN | = | Allan R. Bomhard: Reconstructing Proto-Nostratic (2002) |
| TLL | = | Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944) |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |