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: 7. u̯el-, u̯elə-, u̯lē- 'to turn, wind; round, voluble'
Semantic Field(s): to Turn, to Wind, Wrap, Round (adj)
Indo-European Reflexes:
Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
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English | ||||
Old English: | gewealc | n.neut | rolling, tossing | LRC |
stæð-weall | n.masc | shore-wall | LRC | |
walu | n.fem | wale | W7 | |
wealcan | vb | to roll, toss | W7 | |
wealcian | vb | to roll up, muffle up | W7 | |
weall | n.masc | wall, rampart | LRC | |
weallan | vb | to (cause to) well, boil, bubble | W7 | |
wealwian | vb | to roll | W7 | |
welig | n.masc | willow | W7 | |
weoloc | n.masc | whelk, shell-fish | W7 | |
wiella | n | well | W7 | |
wile- | n | weel, fishtrap | W2I | |
wilige | n.fem | willy, basket | ASD/W2I | |
wyllan | vb | to wish | W7 | |
Northumbrian: | welle | n | well | W7 |
Middle English: | avalen | vb | to let fall | W7 |
devolven | vb | to devolve | W7 | |
intervalle | n | interval | W7 | |
involven | vb | to involve, roll/wrap up | W7 | |
revolven | vb | to revolve | W7 | |
vale | n | vale | W7 | |
valen | vb | to vail, sink, reduce | W7 | |
valey | n | valley | W7 | |
volume | n | volume | W7 | |
voute | n | vault | W7 | |
wal | n | wale, choice | W7 | |
wale | n | wale, weal | W7 | |
walet | n | wallet | W7 | |
walken | vb | to walk | W7 | |
walkien | vb | to walk | W7 | |
wall | n | wall | W7 | |
walwen | vb | to wallow | W7 | |
welke | n | whelk | W7 | |
welle | n | well | W7 | |
wellen | vb | to well | W7 | |
welteren | vb | to roll, toss, turn over | W7 | |
wilghe | n | willow | W7 | |
wilowe | n | willow | W7 | |
English: | anthelmintic | adj | expelling/destroying parasitic intestinal worms | AHD/W7 |
archivolt | n | ornamental molding around arch | AHD/W7 | |
circumvolve | vb | to roll about, (cause to) revolve | AHD/CDC | |
convolve | vb | to writhe, roll together | AHD/W7 | |
devolve | vb | to roll onward/downward | AHD/W7 | |
elecampane | n | coarse European composite herb | AHD/W7 | |
elytron | n | anterior wing protecting posterior wing | AHD/W7 | |
evolve | vb | to emit, give off | AHD/W7 | |
helicon | n | large circular bass tuba | AHD/W7 | |
helicopter | n | rotary-winged aircraft | AHD/W7 | |
helix | n | something spiral in form | AHD/W7 | |
helminth | n | worm | AHD/W7 | |
ileus | n | bowel obstruction | AHD/W7 | |
interval | n | pause, time between states/events | AHD/W7 | |
inulin | n | tasteless white polysaccharide | AHD/W7 | |
involucrum | n | surrounding sheath/envelope | AHD/W7 | |
involve | vb.trans | to enfold/envelop (thus encumber) | AHD/W7 | |
multivoltine | adj | producing several broods per season | AHD | |
mycelium | n | interwoven filamentous hyphae mass | AHD/W7 | |
neurilemma | n | outer sheath of nerve fiber | AHD/W7 | |
platyhelminth | n | soft-bodied flattened worm | AHD/W7 | |
revolve | vb | to ponder, turn over in mind | AHD/W7 | |
vail | vb.trans | to lower (as sign of respect/submission) | AHD/W7 | |
vale | n | dale, valley | AHD/W7 | |
vallation | n | rampart, earthwork wall | AHD/W7 | |
valley | n | elongated depression between hills/mountains | AHD/W7 | |
valve | n | leaf of folding/double door | AHD/W7 | |
valvule | n | small valve/valvular structure | AHD/W7 | |
vault | n | arched (masonry) structure | AHD/W7 | |
vault | vb | to bound vigorously | AHD/W7 | |
volt | n | horse tread/gait: turning around center while going sideways | AHD/W7 | |
voluble | adj | rotating, easily rolling/turning | AHD/W7 | |
volume | n | scroll | AHD/W7 | |
volute | n | scroll/spiral-shaped form | AHD/W7 | |
volutin | n | granular basophilic substance in microorganisms | AHD/W7 | |
volva | n | membranous sac/cup in gill fungus | AHD/W7 | |
volvox | n | green flagellate in spherical colony | AHD/W7 | |
voussoir | n | wedge-shaped piece forming arch/vault | AHD/W7 | |
vulva | n | external part of female genital organs | AHD/W7 | |
wale | n | weal, welt, streak/ridge on skin | AHD/W7 | |
walk | vb | to roam/wander on foot | AHD/W7 | |
wall | n | long high thick rampart/enclosure | AHD/W7 | |
wallet | n | bag carrying miscellaneous travel articles | AHD/W7 | |
wallow | vb.intrans | to roll about in indolent/ungainly manner | AHD/W7 | |
waltz | n | round dance in 3/4 time | AHD/W7 | |
weel | n | slotted/wickerwork fishtrap | W2I | |
well | n | pool fed by spring, water issuing from earth | AHD/W7 | |
well | vb | to pour forth, rise to surface | W7 | |
Wellinghall | prop.n | Ent dwelling behind waterfall in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | LRC | |
wellspring | n | fountainhead, source of supply | W7 | |
welter | vb.intrans | to toss, writhe | AHD/W7 | |
whelk | n | large marine snail | AHD/W7 | |
Whitwell | prop.n | Shire village in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | LRC | |
Willow | prop.n | evil old Shire tree in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | LRC | |
willow | n | tree/shrub in family Salicaceae | AHD/W7 | |
willy | n | large wicker basket | W2I | |
British English: | wale | n | choice | AHD/W7 |
West Germanic | ||||
Old Frisian: | wal | n.masc | wall | ASD |
walla | vb | to well, spring out, bubble forth | ASD | |
Middle Dutch: | walken | vb | to knead, press, full | W7 |
welteren | vb | to roll | W7 | |
Dutch: | vallei | n | valley | TLL |
wilg | n | willow | TLL | |
Old Saxon: | wal | n.masc | wall | ASD |
wallan | vb | to well, boil, burn | ASD | |
Old High German: | ge-walchen | vb | to thicken, condense | ASD |
wala | n | wale, choice | W7 | |
wallan | vb | to well, bubble, grow hot | ASD | |
walzan | vb | to turn, roll | W7 | |
wella | n | wave | W7 | |
Middle High German: | wall | n | wall | W7 |
wellen | vb | to (cause to) well | W7 | |
wilge | n | willow | W7 | |
German: | Inulin | n | inulin | W7 |
Volutin | n | volutin | W7 | |
walzen | vb | to roll, dance | W7 | |
Walzer | n.masc | waltz | W7 | |
Welle | n | wave | TLL | |
North Germanic | ||||
Old Norse: | val | n | choice | W7 |
valr | adj | round | W7 | |
völr | n | round stick | W7 | |
Icelandic: | valka | vb.wk | to roll | ASD |
Italic | ||||
Latin: | convolvo, convolvere | vb | to roll up/together | W7 |
devolvo, devolvere | vb | to roll down | W7 | |
evolvo, evolvere | vb | to unroll | W7 | |
ileus | n.masc | intestinal osbtruction | W7 | |
intervallum | n.neut | interval, space between ramparts | W7 | |
inula | n.fem | elecampane (an herb) | W7 | |
involucrum | n.neut | involucrum | W7 | |
involvo, involvere | vb | to involve, wrap/roll in | W7 | |
revolvo, revolvere | vb | to revolve, roll back | W7 | |
valgus | adj | bow-legged | W7 | |
vallatus | vb.ptc | surrounded by walls | W7 | |
valles, vallis | n.fem | valley | W7 | |
vallum | n.neut | rampart | W7 | |
vallus | n.masc | stake, palisade | W7 | |
valva | n.fem | one battant of double door | W7 | |
volubilis | adj | volubile, talkative | W7 | |
volumen | n.neut | volume, roll of writing | W7 | |
voluta | n.fem | volute | W7 | |
volva, vulva | n.fem | covering, integument | W7 | |
volvō, volvere, volvī, volūtum | vb | to roll, undergo, turn around | LRC | |
volvox | adj | rolling | W7 | |
Vulgar Latin: | volsorium | n.neut | voussoir | W7 |
volsus | vb.ptc | turned, vaulted | W7 | |
volvita | n.fem | turn, vault | W7 | |
volvito, volvitāre | vb | to turn, leap | W7 | |
Late Latin: | vallatio, vallationis | n.fem | earthwork wall | W7 |
Medieval Latin: | archivoltum | n.neut | archivolt | W7 |
enula | n.fem | elecampane (an herb) | W7 | |
New Latin: | elytron | n.neut | sheath, wing cover | W7 |
mycelium | n.neut | mycelium | W7 | |
neurilemma | n.neut | neurilemma | W7 | |
valva | n.fem | valve | W7 | |
valvula | n.fem.dim | small valve | W7 | |
volvox | n.masc | genus of green flagellates | W7 | |
vulva | n.fem | vulva | W7 | |
Old French: | aval | n.masc | downward | W7 |
avaler | vb | to swallow | W7 | |
val | n.masc | little valley | W7 | |
valee | n.fem | valley | W7 | |
Middle French: | avaler | vb | to swallow, let fall | W7 |
intervalle | n.masc | interval | W7 | |
valer | vb | to let fall | W7 | |
volter | vb | to turn | W7 | |
voluble | adj | rotating | W7 | |
volume | n.masc | book, volume | W7 | |
voûte | n.fem | vault | W7 | |
French: | archivolte | n | archivolt | CDC |
hélice | n | helix, propeller | TLL | |
hélicoptère | n.masc | helicopter | W7 | |
val | n.masc | valley | W7 | |
volte | n.fem | turn | W7 | |
voussoir | n.masc | voussoir | W7 | |
Old Italian: | voltare | vb | to turn, leap | W7 |
Italian: | archivolto | n | archivolt | CDC |
vòlta | n.fem | turn, direction | W7 | |
Baltic | ||||
Lithuanian: | vėl | adv | again | LRC |
Latvian: | vēl | adv | still, yet | LRC |
Hellenic | ||||
Homeric Greek: | ἑλιξ | n.fem | coil/spiral-shaped thing | LS |
Greek: | εἰλεός | n.masc | ileus | LS |
εἰλέω | vb | to turn, wind, roll | LS | |
εἴλημα | n.neut | coil, wrapper, covering | LS | |
ἑλῐκη | n.fem | coil, spiral, willow | LS | |
ἕλμινς | n.fem | (parasitic) worm | LS | |
ἑ̑λος | n.masc | nail; wart, callus | LS | |
Indic | ||||
Sanskrit: | ulva | n | womb | W7 |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
Abbrev. | Meaning | |
---|---|---|
adj | = | adjective |
adv | = | adverb(ial) |
dim | = | diminutive |
fem | = | feminine (gender) |
intrans | = | intransitive |
masc | = | masculine (gender) |
n | = | noun |
neut | = | neuter (gender) |
prop | = | proper |
ptc | = | participle |
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) |
CDC | = | W.D. Whitney and B.E. Smith: The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia (1889-1911) |
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) |
W2I | = | Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language, 2nd ed. (1959) |
W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |