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. trenk- 'to throng, push, press together'
Semantic Field(s): to Push, Shove, to Press
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Old English: | þrang | n | throng, press | RPN |
| þringan, þrong, þrungon, þrungen | vb.str.III | to throng | LRC | |
| Middle English: | thrang, throng | n | throng | W7 |
| English: | throng | n | host, crowd, multitude | LRC |
| throng | vb | to pack, press, crowd onto/into | W7 | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Dutch: | drang | n | throng | ASD |
| Old Saxon: | thringan | vb | to throng | ASD |
| Old High German: | dringan | vb.trans | to throng | ASD |
| Middle High German: | dranc | n | throng | ASD |
| dringen | vb | to throng | RPN | |
| German: | Drang | n.masc | throng | LRC |
| drängen | vb | to throng | LRC | |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Icelandic: | þryngva | vb | to throng, thrust | RPN |
| þröng | n | throng | RPN | |
| þrøngva | vb | to throng | RPN | |
| Icelandic: | þryngva | vb.trans | to throng | ASD |
| þröng | n | throng | ASD | |
| East Germanic | ||||
| Gothic: | þreihan | vb | to throng | RPN |
| Iranian | ||||
| Avestan: | θraxta- | adj | thronged, crowded together | RPN |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| III | = | class 3 |
| adj | = | adjective |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| str | = | strong (inflection) |
| trans | = | transitive |
| 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) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| RPN | = | Allan R. Bomhard: Reconstructing Proto-Nostratic (2002) |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |