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: u̯eku̯- 'to voice, speak, evoke'
Semantic Field(s): to Speak, Talk
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Middle English: | advocat | n | advocate | W7 |
| avouson | n | advowson | AHD | |
| invoken | vb | to invoke | W7 | |
| provoken | vb | to provoke | W7 | |
| revoken | vb | to revoke | W7 | |
| vocacioun | n | vocation | W7 | |
| vocal | adj | vocal | W7 | |
| vochen | vb | to vouch | W7 | |
| voice | n | voice | W7 | |
| vouchen | vb | to vouch | W7 | |
| vowel | n | vowel | W7 | |
| English: | advocate | n | one who pleads another's cause | AHD/W7 |
| advowson | n | right of presentation to vacant benefice | AHD | |
| avocation | n | distraction, diversion | AHD/W7 | |
| convoke | vb.trans | to call a meeting | AHD/W7 | |
| epic | adj | re: long narrative poem | AHD/W7 | |
| epos | n | epic; disparate poems re: epic theme | AHD/W7 | |
| equivocal | adj | ambiguous, having multiple meanings | AHD/W7 | |
| evoke | vb.trans | to summon, call up/forth | AHD/W7 | |
| invoke | vb.trans | to petition for help/support | AHD/W7 | |
| orthoepy | n | customary pronunciation of language | AHD/W7 | |
| provoke | vb.trans | to stir, arouse | AHD/W7 | |
| revoke | vb | to call/bring back | AHD/W7 | |
| univocal | adj | having one meaning | AHD/W7 | |
| vocable | n | name, term | AHD/W7 | |
| vocal | adj | oral, uttered by voice | AHD/W7 | |
| vocation | n | summons/inclination to particular state/action | AHD/W7 | |
| voice | n | sound produced by vertebrate via lungs/larynx/syrinx | AHD/W7 | |
| voice | vb.trans | to utter, pronounce | W7 | |
| vouch | vb | to summon to court to warrant/defend title | AHD/W7 | |
| vowel | n | speech sound with oral breath channel unblocked/unconstricted | AHD/W7 | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Old High German: | giwahanen | vb | to mention | W7 |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin: | advocatus | vb.ptc | summoned | W7 |
| advoco, advocāre | vb | to summon | W7 | |
| avocatio | n.fem | a call | W7 | |
| avocatus | vb.ptc | called | W7 | |
| avoco, avocāre | vb | to call away | W7 | |
| convoco, convocare | vb | to summon, invite | W7 | |
| epicus | adj | epic | W7 | |
| evoco, evocare | vb | to call, summon | W7 | |
| invoco, invocare | vb | to invoke, call in | W7 | |
| provoco, provocare | vb | to provoke, call forth | W7 | |
| revoco, revocāre | vb | to revoke, call back | W7 | |
| vocabulum | n.neut | word, term for something | W7 | |
| vocalis | adj | re: voice | W7 | |
| vocatio, vocationis | n.fem | summons | W7 | |
| vocō, vocāre, vocāvī, vocātum | vb | to call, summon | LRC | |
| vox, vocis | n.fem | call, voice | LRC | |
| Late Latin: | aequivocus | adj | equivoque, ambiguous | W7 |
| univocus | adj | univocal | W7 | |
| New Latin: | orthoepia | n.fem | orthoepy | W7 |
| Old French: | advocat | n | lawyer, advocate | AHD |
| avoeson | n | advowson | AHD | |
| vois, voiz | n.fem | voice | W7 | |
| Middle French: | advocat | n.masc | advocate | W7 |
| convoquer | vb | to convoke | W7 | |
| invoquer | vb | to invoke | W7 | |
| provoquer | vb | to provoke | W7 | |
| révoquer | vb | to revoke, cancel | W7 | |
| vocable | n.masc | vocable | W7 | |
| vocher | vb | to call, summon | W7 | |
| vouel | n.fem | vowel | W7 | |
| French: | évoquer | vb | to evoke, recall | W7 |
| Baltic | ||||
| Old Prussian: | wackis | n | noise, shouting | LRC |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Homeric Greek: | ἐνέπω | vb | to tell, relate | LRC |
| ἔπος | n.neut | song, word, speech, saying, epos | LRC | |
| Greek: | ὀρθο-έπεια | n.fem | correctness of diction | LS |
| Anatolian | ||||
| Hittite: | wek- | vb | to ask | LRC |
| Iranian | ||||
| Avestan: | vacah- | n | word | LRC |
| Indic | ||||
| Sanskrit: | vákti | vb | to say | LRC |
| vácas- | n | word | LRC | |
| Tocharian | ||||
| Tocharian B: | wek | n | voice | LRC |
| Tocharian A: | wak | n | voice | LRC |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| adj | = | adjective |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| neut | = | neuter (gender) |
| ptc | = | participle |
| trans | = | transitive |
| 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) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| LS | = | Liddell and Scott: Greek-English Lexicon, 7th-9th ed's (1882-1940), rev. |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |