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) |
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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 | |
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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) |