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. tu̯er- : tur-, and tu̯r̥- 'to twirl, turn'
Semantic Field(s): to Turn
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Old English: | storm | n.masc | storm, tempest; attack | LRC |
| styrian | vb.wk | to stir | ASD/W7 | |
| þrymm | n.masc | host; power; glory, renown | LRC | |
| Middle English: | destourben | vb | to disturb | W7 |
| disturben | vb | to disturb | W7 | |
| perturben | vb | to perturb | W7 | |
| stiren | vb | to stir | W7 | |
| storm | n | storm | W7 | |
| troublen | vb | to trouble | W7 | |
| English: | disturb | vb | to interrupt, interfere with | AHD/W7 |
| perturb | vb.trans | to disquiet, disturb greatly in mind | AHD/W7 | |
| stir | vb | to cause movement/change in position | AHD/W7 | |
| storm | n | atmospheric disturbance attended by wind/rain/hail/sleet/snow etc. | AHD/W7 | |
| storm | vb | to blow/rain/hail/sleet/snow with violence | W7 | |
| Stormcrow | prop.n | epithet for Gandalf in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | LRC | |
| trouble | vb | to disturb, worry, agitate mentally/spiritually | AHD/W7 | |
| turbid | adj | thick/opaque with roiled sediment | AHD/W7 | |
| turbine | n | rotary engine actuated by fluid impulse/reaction | AHD/W7 | |
| twirl | vb | to spin, revolve rapidly | W7 | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Dutch: | storm | n | storm | TLL |
| Old Saxon: | heru-thrummi | n | violence | ASD |
| storm | n | storm; attack, tumult | ASD | |
| Old High German: | dweran | vb | to stir | W7 |
| sturm | n | storm; attack | ASD/W7 | |
| Middle High German: | stürn | vb | to incite | W7 |
| German: | Sturm | n.masc | storm | LRC |
| stürmen | vb | to storm | LRC | |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Norse: | þruma, þrumað | vb | to hover, stand motionless; remain silent | LRC |
| þurs | n.masc | giant | LRC | |
| Icelandic: | stormr | n | storm, tempest; tumult, uproar | ASD |
| styrr | n | stir, tumult, disturbance | ASD | |
| þrymr | n.masc | noise, alarm, battle | ASD | |
| Norwegian: | tvirla | vb | to twirl | W7 |
| Danish: | storm | n | storm | TLL |
| Swedish: | storm | n | storm | TLL |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin: | disturbo, disturbāre | vb | to bother, throw into disorder | W7 |
| perturbo, perturbare | vb | to perturb, throw into confusion | W7 | |
| turba | n.fem | crowd, confusion | W7 | |
| turbido, turbidāre | vb | to trouble | W7 | |
| turbidus | adj | turbid, confused | W7 | |
| turbō, turbāre | vb | to disturb | W7 | |
| turbō, turbinis | n.masc | top, whirlwind; that which whirls | W7 | |
| Vulgar Latin: | turbulo, turbulāre | vb | to trouble | W7 |
| Old French: | destourber | vb | to disturb, bother | W7 |
| tourbler | vb | to trouble | W7 | |
| troubler | vb | to trouble | W7 | |
| Middle French: | perturber | vb | to perturb, disturb | W7 |
| French: | turbine | n.fem | turbine | W7 |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Greek: | τύρβη | n.fem | tumult, disorder, confusion | LS |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| adj | = | adjective |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| prop | = | proper |
| trans | = | transitive |
| vb | = | verb |
| wk | = | weak (inflection) |
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) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| LS | = | Liddell and Scott: Greek-English Lexicon, 7th-9th ed's (1882-1940), rev. |
| TLL | = | Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944) |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |