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: teup- 'to crouch down, conceal oneself'
Semantic Field(s): to Hide, Conceal
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Old English: | þēof | n.fem | theft | ASD |
| þēof | n.masc | thief | ASD/W7 | |
| þīefþ | n | theft | W7 | |
| þīfe-feoh | n | thieved goods | ASD | |
| Middle English: | theef | n | thief | W7 |
| thiefthe | n | theft | W7 | |
| English: | theft | n | larceny, act of thieving | W7 |
| thief | n | burglar, one who steals (secretly) | TLL/W7 | |
| thieve | vb | to rob, steal | W7 | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Old Frisian: | thiaf | n | thief | ASD |
| Old Saxon: | thiof | n | thief | ASD |
| Old High German: | diob | n | thief | W7 |
| German: | Dieb | n.masc | thief | TLL |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Icelandic: | þjófr | n | thief | ASD |
| þȳfi | n | thieved goods | ASD | |
| Swedish: | tjuv | n | thief | TLL |
| East Germanic | ||||
| Gothic: | þiubs | n | thief | ASD |
| Baltic | ||||
| Lithuanian: | tupėti | vb | to crouch | W7 |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| vb | = | verb |
Key to information Source codes (always with 'LRC' as editor):
| Code | Citation | |
|---|---|---|
| ASD | = | Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller: An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898) |
| TLL | = | Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944) |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |
