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: u̯adh- 'pledge'
Semantic Field(s): Oath
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Old English: | wedd | n.neut | pledge | W7 |
| weddian | vb.wk | to wed, engage, covenant, undertake | ASD/W7 | |
| Middle English: | engagen | vb | to engage | W7 |
| gage | n | gage | W7 | |
| morgage | n | mortgage | W7 | |
| wage | n | wage, pledge | W7 | |
| wagen | vb | to pledge, give as security | W7 | |
| wager | n | bet, pledge | W7 | |
| wedden | vb | to wed | W7 | |
| English: | degage | adj | nonchalant, free of constraint | AHD/W7 |
| engage | vb | to offer as security for debt/cause | AHD/W7 | |
| gage | n | token of defiance | AHD/W7 | |
| mortgage | n | conveyance of property upon terms | AHD/W7 | |
| praedial | adj | landed, re: land | AHD | |
| wage | n | payment for labor/services | AHD/W7 | |
| wage | vb | to engage in/carry on | AHD/W7 | |
| wager | n | stake, something risked on uncertain event | AHD/W7 | |
| wed, wed | vb.wk | to marry, take for wife/husband | AHD/W7 | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Old Frisian: | wed | n.neut | pledge | ASD |
| weddia | vb | to pledge, promise | ASD | |
| Old Low German: | weddi | n.neut | pledge | ASD |
| Old High German: | wetti | n.neut | pledge, agreement | ASD/W7 |
| Middle High German: | wetten | vb | to pledge | W7 |
| German: | Wette | n.fem | bet, wager; rivalry | LRC |
| wetten | vb | to bet, wager | LRC | |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Icelandic: | veð | n.neut | pledge | ASD |
| veðja | vb | to wager | ASD | |
| East Germanic | ||||
| Gothic: | ga-wadjon | vb.wk | to pledge, promise | GED |
| wadi | n.neut | pledge, guarantee | GED/W7 | |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin: | vas, vadis | n.fem | bail, surety, security | W7 |
| Old French: | desgagier | vb | to redeem a pledge | W7 |
| engagier | vb | to engage | W7 | |
| gage | n.masc | pledge | W7 | |
| Old North French: | wage | n | wage, pledge | W7 |
| wagier | vb | to wage, pledge | W7 | |
| Anglo-French: | wageure | n.fem | wage, pledge | W7 |
| Middle French: | engagier | vb | to engage | W7 |
| morgage | n.masc | mortgage | W7 | |
| French: | dégager | vb | to free, clear up, redeem a pledge | W7 |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| adj | = | adjective |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| neut | = | neuter (gender) |
| 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) |
| GED | = | Winfred P. Lehmann: A Gothic Etymological Dictionary (1986) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |