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: u̯em-, u̯emə- 'to spit, spew, wamble, vomit'
Semantic Field(s): to Spit, to Vomit
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Middle English: | vomit | n | vomit | W7 |
| wamlen | vb | to wamble | W7 | |
| English: | emesis | n | act/process of vomiting | AHD |
| emetic | n | agent that induces vomiting | AHD/W7 | |
| vomit | n | act/instance of disgorging stomach contents through mouth | AHD/W7 | |
| wamble | vb.intrans | to feel/become nauseated | AHD/W7 | |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Norse: | vamm | n.neut | fault, blemish | LRC |
| vāma | n | nausea | W7 | |
| Danish: | vamle | vb | to wamble | W7 |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin: | emetica | n.fem | emetic | W7 |
| emeticus | adj | causing vomiting | W7 | |
| vomitus | n.masc | act of vomiting | W7 | |
| vomo, vomere, vomui, vomitum | vb | to vomit | W7 | |
| Middle French: | vomir | vb | to vomit | W7 |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Homeric Greek: | ἐμέω | vb | to spew, spit out | LRC |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| adj | = | adjective |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| intrans | = | intransitive |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| neut | = | neuter (gender) |
| 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 |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |
