Proto-Indo-European Etyma
15. Sense Perception
15.44. Sound (n)
This page lists Proto-Indo-European lexical entries (PIE etyma) drawn from Julius Pokorny's Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (2 vols, 1959-69) assigned to the semantic field Sense Perception, subcategory 15.44. Sound (n). Category numbers are as defined by Carl Darling Buck (cf. A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages, 1949); our field & subcategory labels are sometimes adapted from those of Buck: in our scheme they are brief but globally unique, parentheses may enclose clues (such as part of speech) to interpreting a label, and verb infinitives are introduced by 'to'.
Links to PIE etyma will lead into a monolithic tabular listing of same, which opens in a new window; if available, links are given to separate pages showing etyma and more modern Indo-European reflexes thereof (i.e. derived words, glossed in English).
N.B. These pages are under construction; as time goes on corrections may be made, and more links from this semantic subcategory to lexical entries in it, drawn from Pokorny's etyma, may be added. Finally, derived reflexes of PIE etyma, in any number of IE languages, may be added at any time.
- 1. au- 'ow! (exclamation of pain)' reflex
- baˣmb- '(type of noise)'
- bau 'bow-wow (onomatopoeic: dog barking)' reflex
- bē 'baa (onomatopoeic: sheep bleating)'
- 1. b(e)u- '(onomatopoeic: dull noise)' reflex
- blē- 'to bleat'
- 6. bhel- 'to speak, bell, bellow, resound' reflex
- 4. bher- 'to hum, buzz' reflex
- bhereg- '(onomatopoeic: to bark, cry, roar, etc.)' reflex
- 2. bherem- 'to hum, buzz, drone' reflex
- bhlē- 'to bleat, weep, howl' reflex
- bhlos-q- '(onomatopoeic: to bark, cry, roar, etc.)'
- 3. bhreus- 'to boil, sound, etc.' reflex
- 2. der- '(onomatopoeic: to mutter, grumble)' reflex
- deup- : kteup-? '(onomotopoeic: dull thud)'
- 3. dher- '(onomatopoeic: to drone, growl, purr, etc.)' reflex
- dhu̯en- 'to hum, drone' reflex
- 2. ē 'oh (vocative interjection)' reflex
- ehem 'aha! oho! (exclamation)' reflex
- 4. el- '(a noise)' reflex
- epop '(onomatopoeic: call of hoopoe bird)'
- 2. ger- '(onomatopoeic: to crow, shriek, etc.)' reflex
- 1. gher- '(onomatopoeic: to snarl, rattle, etc.)' reflex
- g̑hlād- 'to call, sound'
- ghous- 'to sound, hear'
- g̑hu̯en- 'to sound'
- kāk- 'to croak; cracking sound'
- kan- 'to sing, chant, sound' reflex
- kā̆u- 'to howl' reflex
- 2. kem- 'to hum, buzz, croon' reflex
- 1. ker- '(onomatopoeic: hoarse sound)' reflex
- kneug- '(onomatopoeic: to growl, whimper)'
- koi- '(creaking noise)'
- ko ko '(onomatopoeic: sound of cock/hen)'
- k̑re- '(hoarse sound)'
- kreb- '(hoarse sound)'
- 2. kreg- '(hoarse sound)'
- 2. krei- '(hoarse sound)'
- 3. krek- '(hoarse sound)'
- 2. krep- '(hoarse sound)'
- 4. kreu- '(hoarse sound)'
- kuku '(onomatopoeic: to coo, cuckoo)' reflex
- ku̯ak- '(onomatopoeic: to quack, croak)' reflex
- 2. k̑u̯ei- 'to hiss, twitter, whistle, etc.' reflex
- 1. lā- '(onomatopoeic: to bark, howl, etc.)' reflex
- lē- '(onomatopoeic: to bark, howl, etc.)'
- 1. lep- '(onomatopoeic root)'
- 3. lēu- '(onomatopoeic: to bark, howl, etc.)' reflex
- 6. mei- '(onomatopoeic: high thin sound)'
- mek- '(onomatopoeic: to bleat)'
- mormor- 'to murmur (dully)' reflex
- 1. mū̆- '(onomatopoeic: to moo, hum, etc.)' reflex
- 2. ned- 'to roar, sound, bellow'
- pī̆p(p)- 'to peep, squeak' reflex
- rā̆s- 'to cry, (re)sound' reflex
- reibh- '(onomatopoeic: to resound?)'
- 1. reu- '(onomatopoeic: to roar, rout, round, etc.)' reflex
- 5. (s)ku̯el- 'to call, resound'
- 5. (s)ker- '(onomatopoeic: hoarse sound)'
- (s)lr̥g- '(onomatopoeic: to swallow)'
- 1. (s)ner- 'to snarl, growl' reflex
- srenk- 'to snore' reflex
- 1. (s)ten- 'to drone, groan, thunder, etc.' reflex
- 3. (s)treig- 'to hiss' reflex
- 1. sūs- 'to whistle (of wind)'
- su̯en- 'to sound, resound' reflex
- 2. su̯er- 'to buzz, hiss' reflex
- 2. ten- 'to drone, groan, thunder, etc.'
- tet(e)r- '(onomatopoeic: to quack)'
- ti-ti- '(onomatopoeic: chirping of small bird)'
- treig- 'to hiss'
- tu '(onomatopoeic: chirping of bird)' reflex
- 1. u- '(onomatopoeic: owl's hoot, etc.)'
- 2. u- 'ooh! (interjection of pain)'
- ul- '(onomatopoeic: to howl, ululate)' reflex
- 2. u̯ī̆- '(onomatopoeic root)'
