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: u̯ī̆ro-s 'man, warrior'
Semantic Field(s): Man, Soldier
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Old English: | wer | n.masc | man | LRC |
| wernægl | n.masc | warnel, lit. man-nail | OED | |
| werwulf | n.masc | werewolf, lit. man-wolf | LRC | |
| woruld, weor(o)ld | n.fem | world, age, human existence | W7 | |
| Middle English: | decurioun | n | decurion | W7 |
| virtu | n | virtue | W7 | |
| werewolf | n | werewolf | W7 | |
| world | n | world | W7 | |
| English: | curia | n | subdivision of ancient Roman tribe | AHD/W7 |
| decemvir | n | one of 10 magistrates (ancient Rome) | AHD/W7 | |
| decurion | n | Roman cavalry officer commanding 10 men | AHD/W7 | |
| duumvir | n | one of 2 magistrates (ancient Rome) | AHD/W7 | |
| triumvir | n | one of 3 magistrates (ancient Rome) | AHD/W7 | |
| virago | n | woman of great strength/stature/courage | AHD/W7 | |
| virile | adj | having manly nature/properties/qualities | AHD/W7 | |
| virtue | n | morality, conformity to standard of right | AHD/W7 | |
| virtuosa | n | female virtuoso | AHD/W7 | |
| virtuoso | n | savant, experimenter/investigator in arts/sciences | AHD/W7 | |
| warnel | n | wart, hard skin tumor | OED | |
| weltanschauung | n | philosophy of life | AHD | |
| weltschmerz | n | sadness re: world's evils | AHD | |
| werewolf | n | lycanthrope, lit. man-wolf | LRC | |
| wergeld, weregild | n | recompense, rank-based price set on person's life | AHD/OED | |
| world | n | earthly human existence | AHD/W7 | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Old Frisian: | warld, wrald | n.fem | world | ASD |
| wer | n.masc | man, male person | ASD | |
| Dutch: | wereld | n | world | TLL |
| Old Saxon: | wer | n.masc | man, male person | ASD |
| werold | n.fem | world, men, lifetime | ASD | |
| Old High German: | wer | n.masc | man, male person | ASD/W7 |
| weralt | n.fem | world, earth; time, age | ASD/W7 | |
| werwolf | n | werewolf | W7 | |
| German: | Welt | n.fem | world | TLL |
| Weltanschauung | n.fem | weltanschauung, lit. world-view | W7 | |
| Weltschmerz | n.masc | weltschmerz, lit. world-pain | W7 | |
| Werwolf | n.masc | werewolf | LRC | |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Icelandic: | verr | n.masc | man, male person | ASD |
| Danish: | verden | n | world | TLL |
| Swedish: | värld | n | world | TLL |
| East Germanic | ||||
| Gothic: | waír | n.str.masc | man, male person | LRC |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin: | curia | n.fem | assembly of Roman people | W7 |
| decemvir | n.masc | one of college of ten | W7 | |
| decuria | n.fem | group of ten | W7 | |
| decurio, decurionis | n.masc | decurion | W7 | |
| duumvir | n.masc | one of college of two | W7 | |
| triumvir | n.masc | one of college of three | W7 | |
| vir, viri | n.masc | man | LRC | |
| virago, viraginis | n.fem | virago, amazon, heroine | W7 | |
| virilis | adj | virile, re: man | W7 | |
| virtus, virtutis | n.fem | virtue, manly qualities | W7 | |
| vis, vis | n.fem | strength, power | LRC | |
| Late Latin: | virtuosus | adj | virtuous | W7 |
| Old French: | virtu | n.fem | virtue | W7 |
| Middle French: | viril | adj | virile, manly | W7 |
| Italian: | virtuoso | adj | good, honest, virtuous | W7 |
| virtuoso | n.masc | skilled/virtuous man | W7 | |
| Baltic | ||||
| Lithuanian: | výras | n.masc | man, husband | LRC |
| Indic | ||||
| Sanskrit: | vīra | n | man | W7 |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| adj | = | adjective |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| str | = | strong (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) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| OED | = | James A.H. Murray et al: The Oxford English Dictionary (1933) |
| TLL | = | Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944) |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |