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: 8. u̯er- 'to notice, observe, attend, be aware'
Semantic Field(s): to See, to Look, to Sense, Perceive; Sense
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Old English: | gewær | adj | aware | W7 | 
| hlāford | n.masc | lord | W7 | |
| stī(g)-weard | n.masc | steward | W7 | |
| wær | adj | wary, aware, careful | W7 | |
| warian, warode, warod | vb.wk.II | to guard, protect, occupy | LRC | |
| waru | n.fem | ware, merchandise | W7 | |
| weard | n.masc | ward, keeper | W7 | |
| weardian | vb | to ward | W7 | |
| Middle English: | Arctour, Arture, Arthurus | prop.n | Arcturus | CDC | 
| awarden | vb | to award, decide | W7 | |
| aware, ywar, iwar(e) | adj | aware | CDC/W7 | |
| garde | n | guard | W7 | |
| lord, loverd | n | lord | W7 | |
| regard | n | regard | W7 | |
| regarden | vb | to regard | W7 | |
| rerewarde | n | rearward | W7 | |
| rewarden | vb | to reward | W7 | |
| steward | n | steward | W7 | |
| ward | n | ward | W7 | |
| wardein | n | warden | W7 | |
| warden | vb | to ward | W7 | |
| warder | n | warder | W7 | |
| warderobe | n | wardrobe | W7 | |
| war(e) | adj | wary, careful | W7 | |
| ware | adj | aware, careful | W7 | |
| waren | vb | to ware; spend; guarantee | W7 | |
| English: | Arcturus | prop.n | Alpha Bootes: bright yellow-orange star | AHD | 
| award | vb.trans | to give by decree | AHD/W7 | |
| aware | adj | careful, watchful | AHD/W7 | |
| cyclorama | n | large pictorial representation encircling spectator | W7 | |
| ephor | n | (Spartan) magistrate with power over king | AHD/W7 | |
| guard | n | guardianship | AHD/W7 | |
| Hayward | prop.n | friend of Merry in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | LRC | |
| hayward | n | sheriff in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | LRC | |
| lord | n | one having power/authority over others | AHD/W7 | |
| Morgul-lord | prop.n | Nazgûl king in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | LRC | |
| panorama | n | cyclorama | AHD/W7 | |
| pylorus | n | opening from stomach into intestine | AHD/W7 | |
| rearward | n | rear | AHD/W7 | |
| regard | n | aspect | AHD/W7 | |
| regard | vb | to pay attention to | AHD/W7 | |
| revere | vb.trans | to show devotion/honor to | AHD/W7 | |
| reward | vb.trans | to give to in return for good/evil done/received | AHD/W7 | |
| steward | n | one employed to manage domestic concerns | AHD/W7 | |
| ward | n | guard, act/process of guarding | AHD/W7 | |
| ward | vb.trans | to guard, keep watch over | AHD/W7 | |
| warden | n | keeper, guardian, one having care/charge of something | AHD/W7 | |
| warder | n | truncheon used to signal orders | AHD/W7 | |
| wardrobe | n | room/closet for keeping clothes | AHD/W7 | |
| ware | n | goods, merchandise, art/craft products | AHD/W7 | |
| ware | vb.trans | to beware of | AHD/W7 | |
| wary | adj | marked by caution/cunning/watchful prudence | AHD/W7 | |
| Windlord | prop.n | eagle a.k.a. Gwaihir in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | LRC | |
| Witch-lord | prop.n | Nazgûl Lord in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | LRC | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Old Frisian: | wardia | vb | to ward, keep, defend | ASD | 
| ware | n.fem | care, observance | ASD | |
| waria | vb | to ware | ASD | |
| wera | vb | to ware; check, hinder, restrain | ASD | |
| were | n.fem | ware | ASD | |
| Old Saxon: | wara | n.fem | heed, safekeeping | ASD | 
| ward | n.masc | ward, guardian | ASD | |
| wardōn | vb | to ward, to have charge of | ASD | |
| warōn | vb | to ware | ASD | |
| werian | vb | to ware; check, hinder, restrain | ASD | |
| Old High German: | bi-warōn | vb | to ward, protect | W7 | 
| gi-war | adj | wary, aware, attentive | W7 | |
| wara | n.fem | heed, care | ASD | |
| wart | n.masc | ward, sentry | ASD | |
| warta | n.fem | ward, concern | ASD/W7 | |
| wartēn | vb | to ward, watch, take care | W7 | |
| werien | vb | to ware; check, hinder, restrain | ASD | |
| Middle High German: | gewar | adj | aware | CDC | 
| ware | n | ware | W7 | |
| German: | bewahren | vb | to preserve, conserve | LRC | 
| gewahr | adj | aware | LRC | |
| Ware | n.fem | ware | LRC | |
| Wärter | n.masc | warden | TLL | |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Norse: | vara, varað | vb | to ware, expect | LRC | 
| varða | n.fem | cairn, marker, beacon | KNW | |
| varða | vb | to ward | W7 | |
| varr | adj | wary | LRC | |
| Icelandic: | vara | n.fem | ware | ASD | 
| vara | vb | to ware | ASD | |
| vörðr | n.masc | warden, watchman, sentinel | ASD | |
| Swedish: | minnesvård | n | monument | TLL | 
| East Germanic | ||||
| Gothic: | daura-wards | n.masc | warden, watchman, sentinel | ASD | 
| warei | n.fem | cunning | ASD | |
| warjan | vb | to ware; hinder, prevent | ASD | |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin: | Arcturus | n.masc | Arcturus | W7 | 
| ephorus | n.masc | supervisor | W7 | |
| reveror, revereri | vb.dep | to respect with fear | W7 | |
| vereor, vereri | vb.dep | to fear, respect | W7 | |
| Late Latin: | pylorus | n.masc | gatekeeper | W7 | 
| Spanish: | esquardar | vb | to award | CDC | 
| Old French: | eswarde(i)r | vb | to award | CDC | 
| garde | n.masc | guardian | W7 | |
| garder | vb | to guard, defend | W7 | |
| regard | n.masc | regard, glance | W7 | |
| regarder | vb | to regard, look at | W7 | |
| reregarde | n.fem | rear guard | W7 | |
| Old North French: | eswarder | vb | to ward, watch | W7 | 
| rewarder | vb | to reward, regard | W7 | |
| wardein | vb | to ward | W7 | |
| warder | vb | to ward | W7 | |
| warderobe | n.fem | wardrobe | W7 | |
| Anglo-French: | awarder | vb | to award | CDC | 
| Middle French: | garde | n.masc | guardian | W7 | 
| Italian: | sguardare | vb | to award, decide, consider, look at | CDC | 
| Hellenic | ||||
| Homeric Greek: | ἐφ-οράω | vb | to behold, look upon | LRC | 
| ὁράω, ὁρόω | vb | to see, behold | LRC | |
| οὖρος | n | ward, watch | LRC | |
| Greek: | Arktouros | n.masc | Arcturus, the Bear Watcher | W7 | 
| ἔσοπτρον | n.neut | mirror | LRC | |
| ephoros | n.masc | ephor, supervisor | W7 | |
| horama | n.neut | sight | W7 | |
| horān | vb | to see | AHD/W7 | |
| pylōros | n.masc | gatekeeper | W7 | |
| συνοράω | vb | to comprehend | LRC | |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| II | = | class 2 | 
| adj | = | adjective | 
| dep | = | deponent | 
| fem | = | feminine (gender) | 
| masc | = | masculine (gender) | 
| n | = | noun | 
| neut | = | neuter (gender) | 
| prop | = | proper | 
| 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) | 
| KNW | = | Gerhard Köbler: Altnordisches Wörterbuch, 2nd ed. (2003) | 
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin | 
| TLL | = | Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944) | 
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |