Indo-European vocabulary
The following is a table of the many of most fundamental Proto-Indo-European language (PIE) words and roots, with their cognates in all of the major families of descendants. The following conventions are used:
Notes
- Cognates are in general given in the oldest well-documented language of each family, although we give forms in modern languages for families in which the older stages of the languages are poorly documented or do not differ significantly from the modern languages. In addition, modern English forms are given for comparison purposes.
- Nouns are given in their nominative case, with the genitive case supplied in parentheses when its stem differs from that of the nominative. (For some languages, especially Sanskrit, the basic stem is given in place of the nominative.)
- Verbs are given in their "dictionary form". The exact form given depends on the specific language:
- For the Germanic languages and for Welsh, the infinitive is given.
- For Latin (c. 100 BC) and the Balto-Slavic languages, the first-person singular present indicative is given, with the infinitive supplied in parentheses.
- For Greek (c. 400 BC), Old Irish (c. 800 AD), Armenian (c. 500 AD) and Albanian (modern), only the first-person singular present indicative is given.
- For Sanskrit (c. 1000 BC and later), Avestan (c. 500 BC or earlier), Old Persian (c. 600 BCE to 300 BCE), Parthian (248 BC-224 AD), the third-person singular present indicative is given.
- For Tocharian, the stem is given.
- For Hittite, either the third-person singular present indicative or the stem is given.
- In place of Latin, an Oscan (c. 100 BC) or Umbrian (c. 200 BC) cognate is occasionally given when no corresponding Latin cognate exists. Similarly, a cognate from another Anatolian language (e.g. Luvian, c. 1400 BC; Lycian, c. 400 BC) may occasionally be given in place of or in addition to Hittite (c. 1400 BC).
- For Tocharian, both the Tocharian A (c. 800 AD) and Tocharian B (c. 800 AD) cognates are given whenever possible.
- For the Celtic languages, both Old Irish (c. 800 AD) and Welsh cognates are given when possible. For Welsh, normally the modern form is given, but occasionally the form from Old Welsh (c. 800 AD) is supplied when it is known and displays important features lost in the modern form. A Middle Irish (c. 1000 AD) cognate is given when the Old Irish form is unknown, and Gaulish (c. 0 AD), Cornish (?? c. 1200-1700 AD?) and/or Breton (modern) cognates may occasionally be given in place of or in addition to Welsh.
- For the Balto-Slavic languages, both Old Church Slavonic (c. 1000 AD) and Lithuanian (modern) cognates are given when possible. Similarly to the Celtic situation, Old Lithuanian (c. 1600 AD) forms may occasionally be given in place of modern Lithuanian; Latvian (modern) and/or Old Prussian (c. 1400 AD) forms may occasionally be given in place of or in addition to Lithuanian; and forms from modern Slavic languages or other Church Slavic dialects may occasionally be given in place of Old Church Slavonic.
- For English, a modern English cognate is given when it exists, along with the corresponding Old English (c. 1000 AD) form; otherwise, only an Old English form is given.
- For Gothic (c. 350 AD), a form in another Germanic language (Old Norse, c. 1200 AD; Old High German, c. 900 AD; or Middle High German, c. 1200 AD) is sometimes given in its place or in addition, when it reveals important features.
Kinship
| PIE | English | Gothic | Latin | Ancient Greek | Sanskrit | Iranian | Slavic | Baltic | Celtic | Armenian | Albanian | Tocharian | Hittite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (predominant dialects used:) | modern, c. 2000 AD; Late West Saxon OE, c. 1000 AD | c. 350 AD | c. 100 BC | Classical Attic, c. 400 BC | Vedic Sanskrit, c. 1700-1100 BC (?) (Rig Veda) | Old Avestan, c. 1700-1200 BC (??); Younger Avestan, c. 900-400 BC (??); Old Persian, c. 525 BC (Behistun inscription) | Old Church Slavonic, c. 1000 AD | modern Lithuanian, c. 2000 AD | Old Irish, c. 800 AD; modern Welsh, c. 2000 AD | Classical Armenian, c. 500 AD | modern, c. 2000 AD | Tocharian A and B, c. 800 AD | c. 1400 BC |
| *meH₂tér- "mother" | mother (< OE mōdor) | ON móðir "mother" | māter "mother" | mḗtēr "mother" | mātár- "mother" | Av mātar- "mother" | OCS mati (matere) "mother" | Lith mótina "mother" | OIr māthir "mother" | mayr "mother" | motër "sister" | A mācar, B mācer "mother" | |
| *pH₂tér- "father" | father (< OE fæder) | fadar "father" | pater "father" | patḗr "father" | pitár- "father" | Av pitar- (nom. also pta, ta), OPers pita "father" | Lith tėvas "father" | OIr athir "father" | hayr "father" | A pācar, B pācer "father" | |||
| *bhréH₂ter- "brother" | brother (< OE brōþor) | brōþar "brother" | frāter "brother" | phrā́tēr "member of a phratry (brotherhood)" | bhrā́tar- "brother" | Av brātar-, OPers brātar-, Ossetian ärvád "brother, relative" | OCS bratrŭ "brother" | Lith brõlis "brother" | OIr brāth(a)ir, W brawd (pl. brodyr) "brother" | ełbair (gen. ełbaur) "brother" | A pracar, B procer "brother" | ||
| *swésor "sister" | sister (< OE sweostor, influenced by Old Norse systir) | swistar "sister" | soror "sister" | éor "relative" | svásar-, bhagini "sister" | Av x ̌aŋhar- "sister" | OCS sestra "sister" | Lith sesuõ (seser̃s) "sister" | OIr siur, W chwaer "sister" | k`oir (k`eṙ), nom.pl k`or-k` "sister"[1] | A ṣar, B ṣer "sister" | ||
| *dhugH₂-tér- "daughter" | daughter (< OE dohtor) | daúhtar "daughter" | Oscan futír "daughter" | thugátēr "daughter" | duhitár-, putri "daughter" | Av dugədar-, duɣδar-, NPers duxtar, duxt "daughter" | OCS dŭšter- "daughter" | Lith dukteris "daughter" | Gaulish duxtir "daughter" | dowstr "daughter" | A ckācar, B tkācer "daughter" | túwatara "daughter" | |
| *suHnú- "son" | son (< OE sunu) | sunus "son" | huiús "son" | sūnú-, putra "son" | Av hunuš "son" | OCS synŭ "son" | Lith sūnùs "son" | ustr "son" | A se, B soyä "son" | ||||
| *nepot- "nephew, grandson" | OE nefa "nephew" | OHG nevo "nephew" | nepōs (nepōtis) "grandson, nephew" | népodes "descendants" | nápāt- "grandson, descendant" | Av napāt-, naptar-, OPers napāt- "grandson, descendant" | OLith nepotis "grandson" | OIr nïæ "sister's son", W nei "nephew" | nip "grandson, nephew" | ||||
| *dāiu̯ēr- "husband's brother, brother-in-law" | OE tācor "husband's brother" | OHG zeihhor "husband's brother" | levir "husband's brother" | dāēr "husband's brother" | devar- "husband's brother" | Russian dever' "husband's brother" | Lith dieveris "husband's brother" | taigr "husband's brother" | |||||
| *snusós "daughter-in-law" | OE snoru "daughter-in-law" | OHG snur "daughter-in-law" | nurus "daughter-in-law" | nuos "daughter-in-law" | snushā- "daughter-in-law" | OCS snúcha "daughter-in-law" | nuse "bride" | nu "daughter-in-law" | |||||
| *su̯ekrū́- "mother-in-law" | OE sweger "mother-in-law" | swaihr "mother-in-law" | socrus"mother-in-law" | ekurā "mother-in-law" | śvaśrū- "mother-in-law" | Russian svekrov' "mother-in-law" | Lith šešuras | skesur "mother-in-law" | vje´herr "father-in-law" |
People
| PIE | English | Gothic | Latin | Ancient Greek | Sanskrit | Iranian | Slavic | Baltic | Celtic | Armenian | Albanian | Tocharian | Hittite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *dhǵhemon- "person" | OE guma "person, man", brȳdguma "bridegroom"[2] | guma "man" | homō "person" | manushya "human or person (n.)" | OLith žmuõ "person" | OIr duine, W dyn "person" < *dhĝhom-yo- | A śom "boy"; B śaumo "person" | ||||||
| *H₂ner- "man, hero" | Old Norse Njǫrðr (name of a God) | Ner-ō (personal name), neriōsus "strong" | anḗr (andros) "man" | nár- (nom. nā) "man, person" | Av nar- (nom. nā) "man, person" | OCS nravŭ "custom" | Lith nóras "will" | W ner "hero" | air (aṙn) "man, person" | njer "man, person" | |||
| *wiH-ro- "man" | werewolf (< OE wer "man") | waír "man" | vir "man" | vīrá- "man, hero" | Av vīra- "man, hero" | Lith výras "man" | OIr fer, W gwr "man" | A wir "young" | |||||
| *gʷén-eH₂- "woman, wife" | queen (< OE cwēn "queen, woman, wife") | qēns (qēnáis), qinō "woman, wife" | gunḗ (gunaikos) "woman, wife" < *gʷun-eH₂ | gnā (gnā́s-) "wife of a god", jániḥ, jánī "woman, wife" | Av gǝnā, γnā, ǰaini-, NPers zan "woman, wife" | OCS žena "woman, wife" | Lith žmoná "woman, wife" | OIr ben (mná) "woman, wife" < *gʷén-eH₂ (*gʷn-eH₂-s), bé (neut.) "wife < *gʷén; W ben-yw "womanly" | kin "woman, wife" | zonjë "lady, wife, woman" < *gʷen-yeH₂; Gheg grue, Tosk grua "wife" < *gʷn-ōn | A śäṁ (pl. śnu), B śana "woman, wife" |
Pronouns, particles
| PIE | English | Gothic | Latin | Ancient Greek | Sanskrit | Iranian | Slavic | Baltic | Celtic | Armenian | Albanian | Tocharian | Hittite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *egH₂ "I" | I (< OE ic̣) | ik "I" | egō "I" < *egoH₂ | egṓ, egṓn "I" | ahám "I" < *egH₂-om | Av azǝm, OPers adam "I" < *egH₂-om | OCS azŭ "I" | Lith àš "I" (OLith eš) | es "I" | ñuk "I" | ūk "I" influenced by ammuk "me" | ||
| *H₁me- "me (acc.)" | me (< OE mē(c̣) < *H₁me-ge) | mik "me (acc.)" | mē(d) "me (acc.)" | emé, me "me (acc.)" | mām "me (acc.)" < *H₁mē-m, mā "me (acc. encl.)" | Av mąm "me" | OCS mę "me (acc.)" < *H₁mē-m | Lith manè "me (acc.)" | OIr me-sse, mé, W mi "I" | is "me (acc.)" <? *H₁me-ge | mua, mue "me (acc.)" < *H₁mē-m | ammuk "me (acc., dat.)" < *H₁me-ge, -mu "me (acc. encl.)" | |
| *H₁meǵhi "me (dat.)", *(H₁)moi "me (dat. encl.)" | me (< OE mē) | mis "me (dat.)" | mihi "me (dat.)" | moi "me (dat., gen. encl.)" | máhya(m) "me (dat.)", mḗ, me "me (dat. encl.)" | Av maibya "me (dat.)" (? not in Pokorny), me (Old Avestan moi) "me (dat. encl.)" | Lith man, OPrus maiy "me (dat. encl.)" | OIr infix -m- "me" | inj "me (dat.)" | ammuk "me (acc., dat.)" < *H₁me-ge, -mi "me (dat. encl.)" | |||
| *H₁meme-, *H₁mene- "of me, mine"; * H₁mo-yo-, * H₁me-yo- "my" | my, mine (< OE mīn < *H₁mei-no-) | meins "my"; meina "of me" | meī "of me"; meus "my" < *H₁me-yo- | emeĩo "of me"; emós "my" | máma "of me"; ma/mā "my" < *H₁mo- | Av mana, OPers manā "of me"; Av ma (m/n), mā (f) "my" | OCS mene "of me", moj "my" | Lith mana(s) "my"; OPrus mais/maia "my" | W fyn "of me, my"; Breton ma "of me, my" | im "of me, my" | im "my" (article i + em) | AB ñi "my" < Proto-Tocharian *mäñi | miš "my" < *H₁me-yo- |
| *tu "you" | thou (< OE þū "you") | þu "you" | tū "you" | Doric tú (standard sú) | t(u)vám "you"; | Av tū "you" | OCS ty "you" | Lith tù "you" | OIr tū, tu-ssu, tu-sso, W ti | du "you" | ti "you" | A tu, B t(u)we "you" | zik, zikka "you" < *tega < *te + *egō |
| *wei "we"; *n̥s-mé, encl. *nos "us" | we (< OE wē), us (< OE ūs < PGerm *uns < *n̥s) | weis "we", uns "us" | nōs "we, us" | hēm- "we, us"[3]; Aeol ámme "us" < *asme < *n̥sme | vay-ám "we" < *wei-óm, asmān "us" < *n̥sme + acc. -ān, encl. naḥ "us" < *nos | Av vaēm "we", ahma "us" , encl. nǝ̄, nā̊, nō "us" | OCS gen. nasŭ "ours" < *nōs-sōm | Lith mès "we"; OPr gen. nōuson "ours" < *nōs-sōm | OIr ni "we, us" <? *s-nēs, gen. ar n- < *n̥s-rō-m; W ni, ny "we" < *nēs | na "we" < *nŏs, ne "us" < *nōs | A was, B wes "we" | wēs "we" < *wei-es, anzāš "us", encl. naš "us" | |
| *yū "you (nom. pl.)"; *us-wé, *us-mé[4], encl. *wos "you (acc./dat. pl.)" | ye (< OE gē "you (nom. pl.)"), you (< OE ēow[5] "you (acc./dat. pl.)") | jūs "you (nom. pl.)", izwis[5] "you (acc./dat. pl.)" | vōs "you (nom./acc. pl.)" | hum- "you (pl.)"; Aeol úmme "you (acc. pl.)" < *usme | yūyám "you (nom. pl.)", yuṣmā́n "you (acc. pl.)" < y- + *usme + acc. -ān, encl. vaḥ "you (obl. pl.)" | Av yūžǝm, yūš "you (nom. pl.)", yūšmat̃ "you (abl. pl.)" , encl. vā̊ "you (obl. pl.)" | OCS vy "you (nom./acc. pl.)", vasŭ "yours (pl.)" | Lith jũs "you (nom. pl.)", jũsų "yours (pl.); OPr iouson "yours (pl.)" | OIr sī, sissi "you (nom. pl.)" < *sw-, uai-b "of you (pl.)" < *ō-swī, NIr far n- "your (pl.)"; W chwi "you (nom. pl.)" < *sw- | ju "you (nom. pl.)" < *u < *vos | A yas, B yes "you (nom. pl.)" | sumes < *usme | |
| *s(w)e- "oneself"; (reflexive pronoun) | self (< OE self', seolf) | swes (ref. gn. pn.), OHG sih (ref. pn.) | sē (ref. pn.) | hé (ref. pn.) | sva- (ref. pn.) | Avestan hva- (ref. pn.) | OCS svoji (ref. gn. pn.) | Lith sava(s) | OIr fein (self, himself) | ink῾s | vetë | Lydian s'fa- (ref. pn.), Carian sfes (ref. pn.) | |
| *kʷid, kʷod "what" | what (< OE hwæt) | ƕa "what" | quid "what?", quod "what…, that…" | tí "what?", tì "what…" | kím "what" | OCS čь-to "what?" | Lith kàs "what?" | OIr cid "what?" | i "what?" | si "what?" | kuit (?) "what", kuit-ki "whatever"; Luvian kui "what?" | ||
| *kʷis, kʷos, kʷei/kʷoi "who" | who (< OE hwā < *kʷoi) | ƕas "who?" | quis "who?", quī "who..." | tís, Thess kís, CyprArc sís "who?", tìs "who…" | káḥ, kíḥ "who?" | Av kō (ka-hyā, ča-hyā) "who?, which?", čiš "who" | OCS kъ-to (česo) "who?" | Lith kàs "who?" | OIr cia, W pwy "who" | о "who?" | kë acc. "who?" | A kus, B kuse "who, which" | kuis "who, which" |
| *-kʷe "and; any" | -(u)h "and", ƕaz-uh "whoever" | -que "and", quis-que "each one, whoever"; Venetic -ke "and"; South Picenian -p "and" | -te "and", tís te, hós-te "whoever" | -ca "and", káś-ca "whoever" | Av ča, OPers čā "and"; Av čiš-ca, OPers čiš-čiy "whoever" | Bulg če "but, and, because"; Old Czech a-če, ač "if" | OIr na-ch, MW nac "not" < "*and not"[6]; Lepontic -pe "and" | o-k` "whoever" | Lydian -k "and"; Hitt kuis-ki, Lycian ti-ke "whoever" | ||||
| *n̥- "not, un-" | un- (< OE un-) | un- "un-" | in- (archaic en-) "un-" | a-, an- "un-" | a-, an- "un-" | Av, OPers a-, an- "un-" | OCS ne- "not" < *ne- | Lith ne- "not" < *ne- | OIr in-, ē-, an-, W an- "un-" | an- (?) "un-" | AB a(n)-, am-, e(n)-, em-, on- "un-" |
Numbers
| PIE | English | Gothic | Latin | Ancient Greek | Sanskrit | Iranian | Slavic | Baltic | Celtic | Armenian | Albanian | Tocharian | Hittite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *sem- "one, together" | same (< Old Norse samr); OE sam- "together" | sama "same" | sem-el "once", sem-per "always", sim-plex "single, simple", sin-gulī "one each, single" | heĩs, hén, mía "one" < *sems, *sem, *smiH₂ | samá- "any" | Av hama-, OPers hama- "any, all" | OCS samŭ "self, alone, one" | Lith sam-, są- "with" | OIr samlith "at the same time"; W hafal "similar" | mi "one" | A sas, B ṣe "one" < *sems | ||
| *ói-nos, ói-wos "one" | one (< OE ān) | ains "one" | ūnus (archaic oinos) | oĩnos "one (on a die)", oĩ(w)os "alone" | (ēka- < *oi-ko-; Late Proto-Indic aika-vartana "one turn (around a track)") | Av aēva-, OPers aiva- "one, only, alone" | OCS inŭ "one, another" | Lith víenas "one" | OIr ōen, W un "one" | andr-ēn "right there", ast-ēn "right here" | ? Gheg tânë, Tosk tërë "all" < PIE *tod-oino-; ??? një "one" < *ňân < PIE *eni-oino- [7] | B -aiwenta "group" < "*unit" | |
| *dwóH₁ , neut. *dwóy(H₁) "two" | two (< OE twā) | twái (fem. twōs, neut. twa) "two" | duo "two" | dúō "two" | dvā́(u) "two" | Av dva, fem. neut. baē "two" | OCS dŭva "two" | Lith dù "two" | OIr da, W dau (fem. dwy) "two" | erku "two" | dy "two" | A wu, B wi "two" | dā-, Lycian cbi-/tbi- "two" |
| *tréyes (fem. *tisres[8], neut. *tríH₂) "three" | three (< OE þrīe) | þreis "three" | trēs "three" | treĩs "three" | tráyaḥ (fem. tisráḥ) "three" | Av ϑrayō, ϑrayas (fem. tisrō, neut. ϑri), OPers çi-, Parth hrē "three" | OCS trĭje "three" | Lith trỹs "three" | OIr trí (fem. téoir), W tri (fem. tair, teir) "three" | erekʻ "three" | tre "three" | A tre, B trai "three" | tri- "three" |
| *kʷetwóres (fem. *kʷétesres, neut. *kʷetwṓr) "four" | four (< OE fēower) | fidwor "four" | quattuor "four" | téssares "four" | masc. catvā́raḥ (acc. catúraḥ), neut. catvā́ri, fem. cátasraḥ "four" | Av masc. čaϑwārō (acc. čaturąm), fem. čataŋrō "four"; NPers čahār "four" | OCS četyre "four" | Lith keturì "four" | OIr ceth(a)ir (fem. cethēoir, influenced by fem. tēoir "three") "four"; W pedwar (fem. pedair) "four" | čʻorkʻ "four" | katër "four" | A śtwar, B śtwer "four" | |
| *pénkʷe "five" | five (< OE fīf) | fimf "five" | quīnque "five" | pénte "five" | páñca "five" | Av panča "five" | OCS pętĭ "five" | Lith penkì "five" | OIr cóic, W pum(p) "five" | hing "five" | pesë "five" | A päñ, B piś "five" | |
| *swéḱs "six" | six (< OE siex) | sáihs "six" | sex "six" | héx, dial. wéx "six" | ṣáṣ "six" | Av xšvaš "six" | OCS šestĭ "six" | Lith šešì "six" | OIr sé, W chwe(ch) "six" | vec̣ "six" | gjashtë "six" | A ṣäk, B ṣkas "six" | |
| *septḿ̥ "seven" | seven (< OE seofon) | sibun "seven" | septem "seven" | heptá "seven" | saptá "seven" | Av hapta "seven" | OCS sedmĭ "seven" | Lith septynì "seven" | OIr secht, W saith "seven" | evt`n "seven" | shtatë "seven" | A ṣpät, B ṣukt "seven" | sipta- "seven" |
| *H₁oḱtō(u) "eight" | eight (< OE eahta) | ahtáu "eight" | octō "eight" | oktṓ "eight" | aṣṭā́(u) "eight" | Av ašta "eight" | OCS osmĭ "eight"[9] | Lith aštuonì "eight" | OIr ocht n- "eight"[10]; W wyth "eight" | ut` "eight" < *optō, influenced by *septḿ̥ "seven" | tetë "eight" < *H₁oḱtō-t- | A okät, B okt "eight" | |
| *(H₁)néwn̥ "nine" | nine (< OE nigon) | niun "nine" | novem "nine" | ennéa "nine" | náva "nine" | Av nava "nine" | OCS devętĭ "nine" < *newn̥-ti-' | Lith devynì "nine" (both influenced by dékm̥t "ten") | OIr noí n-, W naw "nine" | inn /inən/ "9" < *enwn̥ | nëntë "nine" < *newn̥-ti- | AB ñu | |
| *déḱm̥t "ten" | ten (< OE tien) | taíhun "ten" | decem "ten" | déka "ten" | dáśa "ten" | Av dasa "ten" | OCS desętĭ "ten" | Lith dẽšimt "ten" | OIr deich, W deg, deng "ten" | tasn "ten" | dhjetë "ten" < *déḱm̥t-i- | A śäk, B śak "ten" | |
| *wī́ḱm̥̥tiH₁ "twenty" < *dwi-dḱm̥̥t-iH₁ "two tens" | (remodelled) | (remodelled) | vīgintī "twenty" | eíkosi "twenty" | viṁśatí "twenty" | Av vīsaiti, Ossetian insäi "twenty" | (remodelled) | (remodelled) | OIr fiche (fichet), OW uceint "twenty" | k`san "twenty" | zet "twenty" | A wiki, B ikäṃ "twenty" | |
| *ḱm̥tóm "hundred" < *dḱm̥tóm | hundred (< OE hund, hund-red) | hunda (pl.) "hundred" | centum "hundred" | he-katón "hundred" | śatám "hundred" | Av satǝm "hundred" | OCS sŭto "hundred" | Lith šim̃tas "hundred" | OIr cét, W can(t) "hundred" | A känt, B kante "hundred" |
Body parts
| PIE | English | Gothic | Latin | Ancient Greek | Sanskrit | Iranian | Slavic | Baltic | Celtic | Armenian | Albanian | Tocharian | Hittite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *(d)ákru- "tear" | tear (< OE tēar, tæhher) | tagr "tear" | lacruma "tear" | dákru "tear" | áśru "tear" | Av asrū- "tear" | Lith ašarà, àšara "tear" | OIr dēr, W deigr "moist"; Cornish dagr "tear" | artawsr "tear" < *draḱur | A ākär "tear", B pl. akrūna "tears" | isḫaḫru "tear" | ||
| *dn̥ǵhuH₂-, *dn̥ǵhwéH₂ "tongue" | tongue (< OE tunge) | tuggō "tongue" | lingua "tongue" (archaic dingua) | jihvā́ "tongue" < *ǵiǵhwā | Av hizvā < *ǵiǵhwā, OPers hizān, Parth ezβān "tongue" [11] | OCS języ-kŭ "tongue" < *n̥ǵhū-k- | Lith liežùvis "tongue" (after *leiǵh- "lick") | teng "tongue" | lezu "tongue" < *leǵhwā (after *leiǵh- "lick") | A käntu, B käntwo "tongue" (*kantwa < *tankwa) | |||
| *ésH₂r̥, *esH₂nés "blood" | archaic aser "blood" | éar "blood" | ásr̥k, ásr̥t (asnáḥ) "blood" | Latvian asins "blood" < *esH₂n̥- | ariun "blood" < *ésH₂r̥- | A ysār "blood" | ēsḫar (esḫanas) "blood" | ||||||
| *ǵénu, ǵnéus; ǵ(o)nH₂dhos "jaw, cheek, chin" | chin (< OE c̣inn) | kinnus "cheek" | gena "cheek" | génus (génuos) "chin, jaw"; gnáthos, gnathmós "jaw" < *ǵnH₂dh- | hánu-ṣ "jaw" < *ǵhenu-s | Av zānu- "jaw-" < *ǵhenu-s, OPers danūg < *danu-ka-, Parth zanax "chin, jaw" | Lith žándas "jawbone" < *ǵonHdh-os | OIr gi(u)n "mouth"; W gen, pl. geneu "cheek, chin"; Old Cornish pl. genau < *genewes "cheeks, chins" | ?cnaut "jaw, cheek" | A śanwe-m "jaw" | |||
| *ǵénu, ǵnéus "knee" | knee (< OE cnēo) | kniu "knee" | genū "knee" | gónu (Hom gen. gounós < *gonwós) "knee", pró-khnu "with outstretched knee" < *pró-gnu | jā́nu "knee", pra-jñuḥ "bow-legged" | Av acc. žnūm, dat./abl. pl. žnubyō "knee", fra-šnu- "holding the knee forward"; Parth zānūk, NPers zānū "knee" | cunr, pl. cunk-k`, gen. cng-ac̣ "knee" | gjuni "knee" < Post-PIE *ǵnu-n(o)- | A kanweṃ, B keni "two knees" | genu "knee" | |||
| *H₁dónt-, *H₁dn̥t- "tooth" | tooth (< OE tōþ < *H₁dont-) | tunþus "tooth" < *H₁dn̥t- | dēns (dentis) "tooth" < *H₁dn̥t- | odṓn (odóntos) "tooth" < Proto-Greek *edónt-, cf. Aeol. édontes "teeth" | dan (acc. dántam, gen. datáḥ) "tooth" | Av dantan-, dātā "tooth" | Lith dantìs "tooth" | OIr dēt "tooth", W dant "tooth" | atamn "tooth" < *H₁dn̥t-mn̥ | ||||
| *H₂óst- "bone" | os (ossis) "bone" | ostéon "bone" | ásthi (asthnáḥ) "bone" | Av ast-, asti- (gen. pl. astąm, instr. pl. azdbīš) "bone" | OCS kostĭ "bone" | OIr asil "limb", MIr asna "rib" <? *astonyo-; MW ass-en, asseu "rib", W asgwrn "bone" < *ost-ko- | oskr "bone" < *ost-ko- | asht, ahstë "bone" | B āy, pl. āsta "bone" | ḫastāi- "bone" | |||
| *H₂ous- "ear" | ear (< OE ēare) | áusō "ear" | auris "ear" | oũs "ear" | Av uši "both ears"; NPers hoš "ear" | OCS ucho (ušese) "ear" | Lith ausìs "ear" | OIr āu, ō "ear" | unkn "ear" < *us-on-ko-m | vesh "ear" < *ōus, *ōs- | |||
| *H₃okʷ- "eye" | eye (< OE ēage) | áugō "eye" | oculus "eye" < *ōkʷelo-s | ósse "both eyes"; ómma "eye" < *óp-mn̥ | ákṣi (akṣṇáḥ) "eye" | Av aši "both eyes" | OCS oko "eye" | Lith akìs "eye" | OIr enech, W enep "face" | akn "eye", ač-k` "eyes" | sy "eye" | A ak, B ek "eye" | |
| *ḱerd- "heart"; *ḱred-dhē- "to believe" | heart (< OE heorte) | haírtō "heart" | cor (cordis) "heart"; crēdō "I believe" < *krezdō- < *ḱred-dhē- | kardíā, Homeric kradíē, Cypriot korízdā "heart" < *ḱr̥d(y)ā; poetic kẽr (kẽros) "heart" < *ḱērd | hṛd "heart" < post-PIE *ǵhr̥d; hṛdaya "heart"; śrad-dadhāti "(he) trusts, believes" | Av zǝrǝd "heart" < post-PIE *ǵhr̥d; zrazdā- "to believe" < *srazdā[12] | OCS srŭdĭce "heart" | Lith širdìs "heart" | OIr cride "heart"; W craidd "center"; Old Irish cretim, W credaf "I believe" | sirt "heart" | A kri "will", B pl. käryāñ "hearts" | karz (kardias) "heart" | |
| *nas- "nose" | nose (< OE nosu) | Old Norse nǫs "nose" | nāris "nose" | nas- "nose" | Av nāh-, nā̊ŋhan-, OPers acc. sg. nāham "nose" | OCS nosŭ "nose" | Lith nósis "nose" | ||||||
| *pōds, *ped- "foot" | foot (< OE fōt) | fōtus "foot" | pēs (pedis) "foot" | poús (podós) "foot" | pāt (padáḥ) "foot" | Av pad-, OPers pād, Parth pāδ "foot" | OCS pěšǐ "on foot" | Lith pėdà "footprint", pãdas "sole" | OIr īs "below" < PIE loc. pl. *pēd-su | ot-n "foot" | poshtë "below" | A pe "foot", B pai "foot" | pata-, Luvian pata- "foot" |
| *yḗkʷr̥, yekʷnés "liver" | jecur (jocineris) "liver" | hẽpar (hḗpatos) "liver" | yákr̥t (yaknáḥ) "liver" | Av yākarǝ, NPers ǰigar, Pashto yī̆na "liver" | ?ChSl ikra "fish roe" | Lith jãknos "liver" | ?MIr i(u)chair (i(u)chrach) "fish roe" |
Animals
| PIE | English | Gothic | Latin | Ancient Greek | Sanskrit | Iranian | Slavic | Baltic | Celtic | Armenian | Albanian | Tocharian | Hittite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *éḱwos "horse" | OE eoh "horse" | aíƕws "horse" | equus "horse" | híppos "horse" | áśvaḥ "horse" | Av aspa-, OPers asa- "horse"; Ossetian yäfs "horse" < *yéḱwos | OLith ašvà, ešva "mare" | OIr ech, W ebol "horse" | A yuk, B yakwe "horse" < *yéḱwos | Luwian ásùwa "horse" | |||
| *gʷōus [13] "cattle" | cow (< OE cū) | Old Saxon kō, OHG chuo "cow" | bōs (bovis) "cattle"[14]; Umbrian acc. bum "cow" | boũs, Dor bõs (bo(w)ós) "cattle, cow" | gáuḥ (gṓḥ)[13] "cow" | Av gāuš (gāuš)[13] "cow" | Croatian gòvedo "cattle" < PSlav *govędo; OCS gu-mǐno "threshing floor" | Latvian gùovs "cow" | OIr bó (bóu/báu)[15] "cow"; OW buch "cow" < *boukkā, bu-gail "cowherd" < *gʷou-kʷolyos | kov "cow" | gak "boar" | A ko "cow", B keu "cow" | HierLuv wawa-, Lycian wawa-, uwa- "cow" |
| *H₂ówi- "sheep " | ewe (< OE ēow "sheep", ēowu "ewe") | awistr "sheepfold"; OHG ouwi, ou "sheep" | ovis "sheep" | ó(w)is "sheep" | ávi- "sheep" | Wakhi yobc "ewe" < PIran *āvi-či- | OCS ovĭ-ca "ewe" | Lith avìs "sheep" | OIr ōi "sheep"; W ewig "deer" | hov-iw "shepherd" < *owi-pā- | B eye "sheep", ā(u)w "ewe" | Luvian hāwa/i-, Lycian χawa- "sheep" | |
| *H₂rtḱos "bear" | ursus "bear" | árktos "bear" | ŕ̥kṣaḥ "bear" | YAv arša, Ossetian ars "bear" | MIr art, W arth "bear" | arǰ "bear" | arí "bear" | ḫartaqqas (name of a beast of prey) | |||||
| *ḱwon- "hound, dog" | hound (< OE hund "dog") | hunds "dog" | canis "dog" | kúōn (kunós) "dog" | ś(u)vā́ (śúnaḥ) "dog" | Av spā (acc. spānǝm, pl. gen. sū̆nam), MPers sak, Kurdish sah, Wakhi šač "dog" | Lith šuõ (šuñs) "dog" | OIr cu (con), W ci "dog" | šun (šan) "dog" | AB ku "dog" | kun- "dog" | ||
| *muH₁s- "mouse" | mouse (< OE mūs) | ON mús "mouse" | mūs "mouse" | mũs "mouse" | mū́ṣ- "mouse" | OPers muš "mouse" (? not in Pokorny; Pokorny has NPers mūš "mouse") | OCS myšĭ "mouse" | mowk "mouse" | mi "mouse" | ||||
| *suHs- "pig" | sow (< OE sū) | ON sýr "sow" | sūs "pig" | hũs, sũs "pig" | Av hū (gen. sg.) "pig" | Latvian suvẽns, sivẽns "piglet" | OIr socc sáil "sea pig"; W hwch "pig" | thi "pig" | B suwo "pig" | ||||
| *wl̥kʷos "wolf" | wolf (< OE wulf) | wulfs (wulfis) "wolf" | lupus "wolf" | lúkos "wolf" | vŕ̥kaḥ "wolf" | Av vǝhrka- "wolf" | OCS vlĭkŭ "wolf" | Lith vil̃kas "wolf" | OIr olc (uilc) "evil" | gayl "wolf" | ujk "wolf" | ulippana "wolf" | |
| *ǵhans- "goose" | goose (< OE gōs) | OHG gans "goose" | (h)ānser "goose" | khḗn "goose" | haṁsáḥ "goose" | Av zāō "goose" (? not in Pokorny); Sogdian z’γ "kind of bird" | OCS gǫsǐ "goose" | Lith žąsìs "goose" | OIr gēiss "swan" | gatë "heron" | |||
| *an@t "duck" | OE ened | OHG enita "duck" | ānas "duck" | nessa, netta "duck" | ātí- "waterfowl" | Ossetic acc "Wild duck" | Russian ut' "duck" | Lith ántis "duck" |
Agriculture
| PIE | English | Gothic | Latin | Ancient Greek | Sanskrit | Iranian | Slavic | Baltic | Celtic | Armenian | Albanian | Tocharian | Hittite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *ǵr̥H₂-no- "grain" | corn (< OE corn "grain") | kaúrn "corn" | grānum "grain" | OCS zrŭno "grain" | Lith žìrnis "pea" | OIr grān, W grawn "grain" | grurë "grain" | ||||||
| *H₂éǵros "field" | acre (< OE æcer "field") | akrs "field" | ager (agrī) "field" | agrós "field" | ájraḥ "meadow" | art "soil" | |||||||
| *H₂erH₃- "to plow" | OE erian "to plow" | arjan "to plow" | arō (arāre) "to plow", arātrum "plow" | aróō "I plow" < *H₂erH₃-oH₂, árotron "plow" | OCS orjǫ (orati) "to plow", ralo < *ar(ə)dhlom "plow" | Lith ariù (árti) "to plow", árklas "plow" | MIr airim "I plow", W arddu "to plow" < *arj-; MIr arathar, W aradr "plow" < *arətrom < *H₂erH₃-trom | araur "plow" < *arātrom | arë "arable land" < *H₂r̥H₃-uer- | AB āre "plow" | |||
| *H₂melǵ- "to milk" | milk (< OE meolc, mioluc) | miluks (miluks) "milk" | mulgeō (mulgēre) "to milk" | amélgō "I milk" | mā́ršti, mā́rjati, mr̥játi "(he) wipes, cleans" | Av marǝzaiti, mǝrǝzaiti "(he) grazes (barely touches)" | Russ CS mŭlzu (mlěsti) "to milk" | Lith mélžu (mìlžti) "to milk" | MIr bligim "I milk" < *mligim, melg "milk" | miel, mil "I milk" | A malke B malk-wer "milk" | ||
| *melH₂- "to grind" | meal (< OE melu) | malan "to grind" | molō (molere) "to grind" | múllō "I grind" | mr̥ṇāti, mr̥nati "(he) grinds" | Av mrāta- "tanned soft" | OCS meljǫ (mlětĭ) "to grind" | Lith malù (málti) "to grind" | OIr melim "I grind"; W malu "grind" | malem "I crush" | mjell "flour" | A malywët "you press"; B melye "they trample" | mallai "grinds" |
| *meli-t, *mel-nés "honey" | mildew (< OE mele-dēaw "honeydew") | miliþ "honey" | mel (mellis) "honey" | méli (mélit-) "honey" | OIr mil, W mel "honey" | mełr (mełu) "honey" | mjal, mjaltë "honey" | milit "honey" | |||||
| *médʰu "honey", "mead"" | mead (< OE medu) | midus "mead" | méthu "wine" | mádhu "sweet drink, honey" | Av mađu | OCS medъ "honey" | Lith medùs "honey" | OIr mid "mead" | B mīt "honey" | ||||
| *sal- "salt" | salt (< OE sealt) | salt "salt" | sāl (salis) "salt" | háls (halós) "salt" | sal-ilá- "salty" | OCS solǐ "salt" | Latvian sā̀ls (*sālis) "salt"; Lith sąlù (sálti) "to become sweet" | OIr salann, W halen "salt" | ał "salt" | ngjel-bëtë, ngjel-mëtë "salty", njel-m "to be salty" | A sāle, B sālyiye "salt" | ||
| *seH₁- "to sow (seed)", *séH₁mn̥ "seed" | sow (< OE sāwan) | saian "to sow"; OHG sāmo "seed" | serō (serere) "to sow" < *si-sH₁-oH₂, sēmen "seed" | sī́ra- "Saatpflug" (seed plow?) | OCS sějǫ (sějati) "to sow", sěmę "seeds" | Lith sė́ju (sė́ti) "to sow", sė́men-s "flax seeds" | OIr sīl, W hil "seed" < *seH₁-lo- | isḫūwāi "(he) sows" | |||||
| *yugóm "yoke" | yoke (< OE ġeoc) | juk "yoke" | iugum "yoke" | zugón "yoke" | yugám "yoke" | Av yaoj-, yuj- "to harness" | OCS igo "yoke" | Lith jùngas "yoke" | W iau "yoke" | luc "yoke" | A yokäm "door" | yugan "yoke" |
Bodily functions and states
| PIE | English | Gothic | Latin | Ancient Greek | Sanskrit | Iranian | Slavic | Baltic | Celtic | Armenian | Albanian | Tocharian | Hittite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *H₂enH₁- "to breathe" | OE oroþ "breath" < PGerm *uz-anþ- | *uz-anan "to expire" | anima "breath" | ánemos "wind" | ániti "(he) breathes" | Av ā̊ntya, parā̊ntya (gen.) "breathing in and out" | OCS vonja "smell" < *H₂en-yeH₂ [16] | OIr anāl "breath" < *H₂enH̥₁-tlo- | holm "wind" | Gheg âj Tosk ēnj "I swell" | AB āñm- "spirit", B añiye "breath" | ||
| *swep- "to sleep", *swepnos "sleep (n.)" | Archaic sweven "dream (n.)" (< OE swefn), OE swefan "to sleep" | ON sofa "sleep (v.)" | somnus "sleep (n.) | húpnos "sleep (n.)" | svápnaḥ "dream (n.)", nidrā "sleep (n.)" | Av xᵛafna- "sleep (n.)" | OCS sŭnŭ "sleep (n.), dream (n.)" | Lith sãpnas "dream (n.)" | OIr sūan, W hun "sleep (n.)" | k`un (k`noy) "sleep (n.)" | gjumë "sleep (n.)" | A ṣpən, B. ṣpäne "sleep (n.), dream (n.)" | sup-, suppariya- "to sleep" |
| *sweid- "sweat" | sweat (< OE swāt) | ON sveiti | sūdor "sweat (n.)" | (e)ĩdos "sweat (n.)" | svḗda- "sweat (n.)" | Av xᵛaēda- "sweat (n.)" | Latvian sviêdri (pl.) "sweat (n.)" | W chwys "sweat (n.)" < *swidso- | k`irt-n (k`irt-an) "sweat (n.)" | dirsë, djersë "sweat (n.)" < *swí-drōxty- | |||
| *H₁ed- "to eat" | eat (< OE etan) | itan "to eat" | edō (ēsse) "to eat", ēst "(he) eats" | édō "I eat", Homeric athematic infinitive édmenai "to eat" | ádmi "I eat", átti "(he) eats" | Av subj. aδāiti "(he) should eat" | OCS jamĭ "I eat" < *H₁ēd-mi, jastŭ "(he) eats" | Lith ė́du "I eat", ė́st "to eat" | OIr ci-ni estar "although he doesn't eat"; W ys "eats" < *H₁ed-ti | owtem "I eat" < *ōd- | ha "to eat" | ēdmi "I eat" | |
| *peH₃- "to drink" | bibō (bibere) "to drink", pōtus "drink (n.)" | pī́nō, pépomai "I drink" | pā́ti, píbati "(he) drinks" | Av vispo-pitay- "alltränkend" drunk? | OCS pijǫ (piti) "to drink" | OIr ibid "drinks" < *pibeti; W iben "we drink" | əmpem "I drink" | pī "I drink" | pāsi "he swallows" | ||||
| *ǵenH₁-, *gi-ǵnéH₃(-sḱ)-, *ǵn̥-néH₁- "to give birth" | kind (< OE (ġe)cynd); OE cennan "produce" | -kunds "born"; OHG kind "child" | gignō (gignere) "to produce" (OLat. genō); nā-scor (nāscī) "to be born" < *ǵn̥H₁-skṓ-r | gígnomai "I become" | jánati "(he) gives birth", jajanti "they give birth" | Av zīzǝnti, zīzanǝnti "they give birth" | OIr -gainethar "who is born" < *ǵn̥-ye-tro [16]; W genni "to be born" | cnanim "is born, bears" < *ǵnH̥₁-n-, cnay (aor.) "was born, bore" | dhëndër, dhândër "son-in-law, bridegroom" < *ǵenH̥₁-tr-[17] | AB kän- "to come to pass (of a wish), be realized" | |||
| *H₂eug-, H₂weg- "to grow, increase" | eke (< OE ēacian "to increase"); wax (of the moon) (< OE weaxan "to grow") | aukan, auknan "to increase (intr.)", wahsjan "to grow" < orig. caus. *H₂wog-s-éy-onom | augeō (augēre) "to increase (tr.)" | a(w)éksō "I increase (intr.)", aúksō, auksánō "I increase (tr.)" | úkṣati "(he) becomes stronger", vakṣáyati "(he) causes to grow" | Av uxšyeiti "(he) grows", vaxšaiti "(he) causes to grow" | Lith áugu (áugti) "to grow" | OIr fēr, W gwair "fat" < *weg- | A oksiš "(he) grows"; A okšu, В aukšu "old" | ||||
| *gʷiH₃wo- "alive", *gʷiH₃wo-teH₂ "life" | quick (< OE cwicu "alive") | qius "alive" | vīvus "alive"; vīta "life" | bíos, bíotos "life" | jīvá-, jīvaka- "alive", jīvitam, jīvā́tuḥ, jīvathaḥ "life" | Av gayō, acc. ǰyātum "life", -ǰyāiti- "life-"; Av ǰva-, OPers ǰīva- "alive" | OCS živŭ "alive", žitĭ, životŭ "life" | Lith gývas, gyvókas, gaivùs "alive", gyvatà "life" | OIr biu, beo, W byw "alive"; OIr bethu (bethad), W bywyd "life" < Proto-Celtic *bivo-tūts | keam "I live" < *gʷi-yā-ye-mi [16] | B śai- "to live" < *gweiH₃-ō | ||
| *mer- "to die" | murder (< OE morþor < *mr̥-tro-m) | maúrþr "murder" | morior (morī) "to die" < *mr̥-yōr, mortalis "mortal" | émorten (aor.) "(he) died", ámbrotos "immortal" | marati, máratē, mriyátē "(he) dies", mṛtá- "dead" | Av merə- "to die", miryeite "dies"; OPers martiya- "man" | OCS mĭrǫ, mrěti "to die" | Lith mìrštu (mir̃ti) "to die" | OIr marb, W marw "dead" < mr̥-wós | meṙanim "I die", meṙaç "dead" | mert "died" |
Mental functions and states
| PIE | English | Gothic | Latin | Ancient Greek | Sanskrit | Iranian | Slavic | Baltic | Celtic | Armenian | Albanian | Tocharian | Hittite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *ḱleu-(s)- "to hear" | listen (< OE hlystan), loud (< OE hlūd) | hliuma "hearing, ears (in pl.)" | clueō (cluēre) "to be named" | ékluon "I heard" | śr̥ṇóti "(he) hears" < *ḱl̥-neu- | Av surunaoiti "(he) hears" < *ḱlu-n- | OCS slyšati "to hear" | Lith klausýti "to hear" | OIr ro-clui-nethar "hears"; W clywed "to hear" | lsem "I hear", aor. luaj "I heard" < *ḱlu-ḱe | Old Tosk kluaj (standard quaj) "to call, to name" < *ḱlu(H)-eH₁- | A klyoṣ-, B klyauṣ- "to hear" | |
| *weid- "to see, to find" | videō (vidēre) "to see" | é(w)ide "he saw" | vindáti "(he) finds", ávidat "found" | Av vī̆δaiti, vī̆nasti "(he) finds" | OCS viždǫ (viděti) "to see" | Lith véizdmi (veizdė́ti) "to see" | gtanem "I find", egit "he found" | ||||||
| *weid- "to know" | wit (< OE wit "intelligence", witan "to know" < PIE perfect tense) | witan "to know" | perf. oĩda "I know" | vetti, vēdate, vidáti "(he) knows", perf. véda "I know" | Av perf. vaēδa "I know", vīdarǝ "they know" | OCS věmĭ (věděti) "to know" | Lith véidas "a face" | OIr find, W gwynn "(I) know" | gitem "I know" | B ūwe "learned" < PToch *wäwen- < *wid-wo- | |||
| *ǵénH₃-, *ǵnéH₃-sḱ-, *ǵn̥-né-H₃- "to recognize, know" | can (< OE cann "I know, he knows"), know (< OE cnāwan < *ǵnēH₃-yo-nom), Scot ken "know" (< OE cennan "to cause to know" < PGerm *kann-jan) | kunnan "to know" < *ǵn̥-n-H₃-onom, kann "I know" | (g)nōscō ((g)nōscere) "to recognize", nōvī "I know" | gignṓskō (aorist égnōn) "I recognize" | jānā́mi "I know" < *janā́mi < *ǵn̥-nH₃-mi | Av zanā-ṯ, zanąn, Afghan. pē-žanī "(he) understands, recognizes" < *ǵn̥-ne-H₃-ti; OPers a-dānā (impf.) "he knew" < *ǵn̥-ne-H₃-mi, xšnāsātiy (subj.) "he should know" < *ǵneH₃-sḱe-eti | OCS znajǫ (znati) "to know" < *ǵneH₃-yoH₂ | Lith žinaũ (žinóti) "to know (a thing)" < *ǵenH₃-, pa-žį́stu "I know (a person)" <? *ǵn̥H₃-sḱoH₂ | OIr itar-gninim, asa-gninaim "I am wise" | aorist caneay "I recognized" | njoh "I know" < *ǵnēH₃-sḱoH₂ | ||
| *n̥- + *ǵneH₃-tos "not" + "to know" | uncouth (< OE uncūþ "unknown, strange") | unkunþs "unknown" | ignōtus, ignōrāntem "unknown, ignorant" | agnṓs (agnõtos) "unknown" < *n̥- + *ǵnéH₃-ts | ajñāta- "unknown" | OIr ingnad "foreign" | an-can "unknown" | A ā-knats, B a-knātsa "ignorant" | |||||
| *men- "to think" | mind (< OE (ġe)mynd "memory" < *mn̥t-ís); OE munan "to think" | munan "to think"; muns (pl. muneis) "thought" < *mn̥-is; gamunds (gamundáis) "remembrance" < *ko(m)-mn̥t-ís | meminī "I remember"; mēns (mentis) "mind" < *mn̥t-is | mémona "I think of"; maínomai "I go mad" | mányate "(he) thinks" | Av mainyeite "(he) thinks"; OPers mainyāhay "I think" | OCS mĭněti "to mean" | Lith menù/miñti "to think of" | OIr do-moiniur "I believe, I mean" | i-manam "I understand" | mendoj "I think" | A mnu "thought"; B mañu "demand (n.)" | memmāi "says" |
| *sekʷ- "to see, to say" | see (< OE sēon); say (< OE sec̣gan < PGerm *sag(w)jan < *sokʷéyonom) | saíƕan "to see"; OHG sagen "say" < *sokʷē- | īnseque "declare!" | énnepe "tell!" | OCS sočiti "to announce" | Lith sekù (sèkti) "to narrate", sakaũ (sakỳti) "to say" | OIr insce "I talk"; OIr rosc "eye" < *pro-skʷo-; OW hepp "(he) said" | sheh "(he) sees" | A šotre, B šotri "sign" | sakuwāi- "to see" | |||
| *wekʷ- "to say" | OE wōma "noise" < *wōkʷ-mō(n) | OHG giwahanen "mention" < PGerm *gawahnjan (denom. built on *wokʷ-no-) | vocō (vocāre) "to call", vōx (vōcis) "voice" | eĩpon (aor.) "spoke" < *e-we-ikʷ-om < *e-we-ukʷ-om, (w)épos "word" | vákti, vívakti "(he) says", vāk "voice", vácas- "word" | Av vač- "speak, say", vāxš "voice", vačah "word" | OPrus enwackēmai "we call" | OIr foccul "word", W gwaethl "fight" < * wokʷ-tlo-m | gočem "I call" | A wak, B wek "voice" | ḫuek-, ḫuk- to swear to" | ||
| *preḱ-, *pr̥-sḱ- < *pr̥ḱ-sḱ- "to ask" | OE friġnan "to ask" | fraíhnan "to ask"; OHG forscōn "to ask, to research" | precor (precārī) "to pray", poscō (poscere) "to demand, ask" | pr̥ccháti "(he) asks" | Av pǝrǝsaiti "(he) asks, desires" < *pr̥-sḱ-; OPers aor.? aparsam "(he) asked" | OCS prositi "to pray" | Lith peršù (pir̃šti) "to woo (someone)", literary prašaũ (prašýti) "to demand, pray" | OIr imm-chom-arc "mutual questions, greetings"; NIr arco, W archaf "I ask" | harc̣anem (aor. e-harc̣) "I ask" | A prak-, B prek- "to ask" | |||
| *H₁neH₃mn̥ or *H₁nomn̥- "name" | name (< OE nama) | namō (acc. pl. namna) "name" | nōmen "name" | ónoma "name" | nā́ma (instrumental sg. nā́mnā) "name" | Av nāma "name" | OCS imę "name" < Proto-Slavic *jĭmę < *n̥men' | OPrus emnes, emmens "name" < *enmen- | OIr ainmm n-, OW anu "name" | anown "name" | Gheg emër, Tosk emën "name" < *enmen- | A ñem, B ñom "name" | lāman- "name" |
Natural features
| PIE | English | Gothic | Latin | Ancient Greek | Sanskrit | Iranian | Slavic | Baltic | Celtic | Armenian | Albanian | Tocharian | Hittite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *H₂ster- "star" | star (< OE steorra) | staírnō "star" | stēlla "star" | astḗr "star" | inst. pl. stŕ̥bhiḥ, nom. pl. tāraḥ, fem. nom. sg. tarā "star" | Av acc. stā̆rǝm (ablauting)[18] "star" | MIr ser, W seren, Breton sterenn "star" | astł "star" | pl. A śreñ, B ściriñ "stars" | ḫasterza "star" | |||
| *dyēus, déiwos[19] "sky, day, god" | Tues-day (< OE Tīwes-dæġ lit. "day of Tīw"[20]) | ON tīvar "gods", Tȳr "Tīw" (the war god) | Iuppiter (Iovis), Old Latin Diū-piter (Diovis) "Jupiter"; diēs "day", deus, dīvus "god"[21] | Zdeús (Di(w)ós)[19] "Zeus" | d(i)yāúḥ (diváḥ, dyōḥ)[19] "heaven", dēváḥ "god" | Av daēva- "demon" | (OCS dĭnĭ (dĭne) "day" < *din-is) | Lith diẽvas "God" | OIr dīe, W dydd "day"; OIr dia (dē), OW duiu- "God" | tiv "day" | (gdhinj "I make day"(? mache Tag) < *-di-n-yoH₂) | ||
| *seH₂wol-, *sH₂un- "sun" | sun (< OE sunne) | sauil, sunnō "sun" | sōl "sun" | Homeric hēélios "sun" < *sāwélios | súvar (súraḥ) "sun, light, heavens", sūra- "sun" | Av hvarǝ (hūrō) "sun, light, heavens" | OCS slĭnŭce "sun" < *sulnika- | Lith sáulė "sun" < *sāwelyā | OIr sūil "eye"; W haul "sun" | ylli "star" < *sūlo- or *sūli- | |||
| *meH₁ns- "moon, month" | moon (< OE mōna), month (< OE mōnaþ) | mēna "moon", mēnoþs "month" | mēnsis "month" | Att mḗn, Ion meis, Dor mḗs "month", mḗnē "moon" | mā́sa "moon, month" | Av mā̊ (mā̊ŋhō) "moon"; NPers māh "moon, month" | OCS měsęcĭ "moon, month" < *mēs-n̥-ko- | Lith mė́nuo (mė́nesis) "moon, month" | OIr mī (mīs) "month" < *mēns;; W mis "month" | amis (amsoy) "month" < *mēnsos | muai "month" | A mañ B meñe "month"; A mañ ñkät B meṃ "moon" | |
| *dheǵhom- "earth" | humus "earth" | khthṓn (khthonós) "earth", khamaí "on the earth" | kṣā́ḥ (acc. kṣā́m, gen. jmáḥ) "earth" | Av zā̊ (acc. ząm, gen. zǝmō) "earth" | OCS zemlja "earth" | Lith žẽmė "earth" | OIr dū "place"; Welsh dyn "man" | dhe "earth" | A tkaṃ (tkanis), B keṃ "earth" | tēkan (tagnās) "earth" | |||
| *wódr̥ (udéns) pl. *wédōr (udnés) "water" | water (< OE wæter) | watō (watins) "water" | Umbrian utur "water", Latin unda "wave" | húdōr (húdatos) "water" | udakám (loc. udán(i), pl. udá) "water" | Av aoδa- "spring", vaiδi- "stream" | OCS voda "water" | Lith vanduõ (vandeñs) "water" | OIr u(i)sce "water" < *udeskyo- | get "river" < *wedō | ujë "water" | A wär, B war "water" < *wer- | wātar (wetenas) "water" |
| *doru, *dreu- "wood, tree" | tree (< OE trēo) | triu "tree, wood" | dóru "spear" | dā́ru (drṓs) "wood" | Av dāru- "tree, wood" | OCS drěvo "tree" | Lith drevė "(tree) hollow", dervà "tar"[22] | OIr daur "oak", W derwen "oak" | tram "firm" | dru "tree" | ?AB or "wood" | taru "tree" | |
| *H₂weH₁n̥to- "wind", *H₂weH₁- "to blow" | wind (< OE wind); OE wāwan "to blow" | winds "wind"; waian "to blow" | ventus "wind" | áenta (acc.) "wind", áēsi "(he) blows" | vā́taḥ (vānt-)[23] "wind", vāti "(he) blows" | Av vātō "wind", vāiti "(he) blows" | OCS vějǫ (vějetŭ) "to blow" | Lith vė́jas "wind" | W gwynt "wind" | A want, B yente "wind" | ḫūwanz[24] "wind" | ||
| *sneigʷh- "to snow" | snow (< OE snāw < *snoigʷhos, snīwan "to snow" < *sneigʷhonom) | snáiws "snow" | nix (nivis) "snow", ninguō (ninguere) "to snow" | nípha (acc.) "snow", neíphei "it snows" | sneha- "snow" | Av snaēža-' "to snow"; Shughni žǝnij "snow" < *snaiga- | OCS sněgŭ "snow" | Lith sniẽgas "snow", sniẽga (snìgti) "to snow" | OIr snecht(a)e, W nyf "snow"; OIr snigid "it rains" | ||||
| *péH₂wr̥, pH₂unés "fire"[25] | fire (< OE fȳr < *fuïr[25]) | fōn (funins)[25] "fire"; OHG fuïr[25] (two syllables) < *puwéri | Umbrian pir "fire" < *pūr, acc. purom-e "into the fire" < *pur- | pũr (purós) "fire" | Czech pýř "glowing ash" | OPrus panno "fire" | hur (hroy) "fire" < *pū̆r-, hn-oc̣ "furnace" < *pū̆n- | A por, B puwar, puwār, pwār "fire" | paḫḫur "fire" | ||||
| *gʷʰerm- "warm" | ?warm (< OE wearm); OE ġierwan "to prepare, cook" < PGerm *garwjan | ?warmjan "to warm" | formus "warm" | thermós "warm" | gharmáḥ "heat" | Av garǝma- "hot, heat"; OPers Garma-pada-, name of the fourth month, corresponding to June/July, orig. (?) "entrance of the heat" | Russian žar "heat", goret' "to warm" < *gʷʰer | Latvian gar̂me "warmth"; OPrus gorme "heat" | OIr gorn "fire" < *gʷʰor-nos | ǰerm "warm" | Gheg zjarm "fire, heat" | A śärme "warm" | |
| *leuk- "light, brightness" | light (< OE lēoht) | liuhaþ (liuhadis) "light" | lūceō (lūcēre) "to shine", lūx "light" | leukós "bright, shining, white" | rócate "(he) shines", roká- "light" | Av raočant- "shining", raočah "light"; OPers raučah "light" | OCS luča "ray, flash" < *loukyā | Lith laũkas "pale" | OIr luchair "shine"; W llug "shimmer" | lois (lusoi) "light" | AB luk- "to shine" | luk(k)- "to shine" |
Directions
| PIE | English | Gothic | Latin | Ancient Greek | Sanskrit | Iranian | Slavic | Baltic | Celtic | Armenian | Albanian | Tocharian | Hittite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *per- "through, across, beyond" | far (< OE feorr) | faírra "far"; faír- "around; (intensifier)" | per "through" | perí, pér "forward" | pári "forward" | Av pairi, OPers pariy "forward" | OCS prě- "forward" | Lith per̃, per- "forward" | OIr ir-, W er "forward" | heṙow "far" | për, pej, pe "forward" | parā, Lycian pri "forth" | |
| *upér(i) "over, above" | over (< OE ofer) | ufar "over, above, beyond" | super "over" (influenced by sub "under") | hupér "over" | upári "over, above, beyond" | Av 'upairi, OPers "over, above, beyond" | OIr for, W gor, gwar "over, on" | i ver "up" | epër "over, above" | ||||
| *H₂ents "forehead", *H₂entí, *H₂entá "in front of" | and (< OE and) | and "along, throughout, towards, in, on, among"; OHG enti "previously" < PGerm *andiaz | ante "in front of" | antí "instead of" | anti "opposite to it" | Lith añt, earlier anta "after there, up" | OIr étan "forehead" < *antono- | and "there", ənd "for" < *H₂enti | A ānt, B ānte "surface, forehead" | ḫānz, ḫanti "in front" | |||
| *en "in" | in (< OE in) | in "in, into, towards" | in "in" | en "in" | án-īka- "face" < ?*eni-Hkʷ | Av ainika "face" < ?*eni-Hkʷ | OCS on-, vŭn-, vŭ "in" | Latvian i.e.- "in"; Lith į̃ "in" < *n̥; OPrus en "in" | OIr in- "in" | i "in" | inj "until" | AB y-, yn-, B in- "in" | an-dan "inside" |
| *apó "away" | of, off (< OE of) | af "from, of, by" (ab-u "from ...?") | ab "away" | apó "from" | ápa "away" | Av apa, OPers apa "away" | Lith apačià "the lower part" < *apotyā | prapë "back" < *per-apë | āpa "behind, back" (or ? < *epi) |
Basic adjectives
| PIE | English | Gothic | Latin | Ancient Greek | Sanskrit | Iranian | Slavic | Baltic | Celtic | Armenian | Albanian | Tocharian | Hittite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *medhyo- "mid, middle" | mid, middle (< OE mid, middel) | midjis "middle" | medius "middle" | més(s)os "middle" | mádhya- "middle" | Av maiδya- "middle" | OCS meždu "between" | OIr mid- "middle" < *medhu-; MW mei- "middle" < *medhyo- | mēǰ "middle" | ||||
| *meǵ- "big" | much (< OE myc̣el "big, many") | mikils "big" | magnus "big" | mégas "big" | mahā́nt- "big" | Av mazant- "big" | OIr mochtae, MIr mag-, maige "big" | meç "big" | math, madhi "big" | A mak, B makā "much" | mekkis "big" | ||
| *gʷerH₂- "heavy" | kaúrus "heavy" | grāvis "heavy" | barús "heavy" | gurúḥ "heavy" | Av gouru- "heavy-", NPers girān "heavy" < *grāna- (influenced by *frāna "full") | Latvian grũts "heavy" <*gʷrū-to-s; Lith gùrstu (gùrti) "die down (of wind) | MIr bair "heavy (?)", W bryw "strong" | A kra-marts "heavy (?)", B krā-mär "burden" < *gʷroH₂-mVr- | |||||
| *H₁le(n)gʷh-, *H₁ln̥gʷh-ro-, *H₁ln̥gʷh-u-[26] "light (in weight)" | light (< OE lēoht) | leihts "light" < *H₁lengʷh-tos; OHG lungar "fast" < *H₁ln̥gʷh-ros | levis "light" < *H₁legʷh-us | elakhús "small" < *H₁ln̥gʷh-us, elaphrós "light, quick" < *H₁ln̥gʷh-ros | laghú-, raghú- "quick, light, small" | Av ragu-, fem. rǝvī "fast", superl. rǝnjišta- "fastest" | OCS lŭgŭkŭ "light" | Lith leñgvas, lengvùs "light" | OIr laigiu, laugu, MW llei "smaller" | Illyr lembus "light vehicle" < *H₁lengʷh-os | B lankutse "light" | ||
| *H₁reudh-, *H₁roudh-os, *H₁rudh-rós[26] "red" | red (< OE rēad < *H₁roudh-os) | rauþs (raudis) "red" < *H₁roudh-os | ruber "red" < *H₁rudh-rós | eruthrós "red" < *H₁rudh-rós | rudhirá- "red" < *H₁rudh-rós mixed with *H₁rudh-i-; rṓhita- "red"; lōhá- "reddish" < *H₁roudh-os | Av raoiδita- "red" | OCS rudŭ "red" | Lith raũdas "red" < *H₁roudh-os | OIr rúad, W rhudd "red" | A rtär, B ratre "red" < *H₁rudh-rós | |||
| *alyos, *anyos "other"; *anteros "other (of two)" | else (< OE elles); other (< OE ōþer) | aljis, anþar "other" | alius "other" | állos "other" | anyá-, ántara- "other" | Av anya-, ainya-, OPers aniya- "other"; Ossetian ändär "other"; East Iranian hal-ci "whoever" | Old Sorbian wutory "other" < PSlav *ǫtorŭ | Lith añtras, añtaras, OPrus anters, antars "other" | OIr aile, W ail "other" | ayl "other" | A ālya-kə, B alye-kə "another" | Lydian aλa- "other" | |
| *néwo- "new" | new (< OE nīwe) | niujis "new" | novus "new" | né(w)os "new" | náva- "new" | Av nava- "new" | OCS novŭ "new" | OLith navas, Lith naũjas "new" | OIr nūë, W newydd "new" | nor "new" < *nowero- | A ñu, B ñune "new" | newa- "new" | |
| *H₂yuHn̥- "young" | young (< OE ġeong < *H₂yuHn̥ḱós) | juggs "young" | juvenis "young" | yúvan- (yū́naḥ) "young" | Av yvan-, yavan- (yūnō) "youth, young man" | OCS junŭ "young" | Lith jáunas "young" < *yōuno- < *yeweno- | OIr ōac "young", W ieuanc "young" < *H₂yuHn̥ḱós | |||||
| *sen- "old" | sineigs "old (person)" | senex "old" | enos "old" | sanah "old" | Av hana- "old" | Lith senas "old" | OIr sen "old", Old Welsh hen "old" | hin "old" |
Construction, fabrication
| PIE | English | Gothic | Latin | Ancient Greek | Sanskrit | Iranian | Slavic | Baltic | Celtic | Armenian | Albanian | Tocharian | Hittite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *dhwer- "door, doorway, gate" | door (< OE dor, duru) | daúr, daúrō "door" | forēs (pl.) "door" | thurā "door" | dvā́raḥ (pl.) "door" | Av dvarǝm (acc.) "gate, court"; OPers duvarayā "at the gate" | OCS dvĭri "door" | Lith dùrys (pl.) "door" | OIr dorus "door" < Proto-Celtic *dworestu-, W dor "door" < *dhureH₂ | dowṙ "door" | derë "door" | B twere "doors" | an-durza "within" |
| *domo-, *domu- "house" | timber (< OE timber "timber, building material, structure") | timrjan "to build" | domus (domūs) "house" | dómos "house" | dámaḥ "house" | Av dąm, dąmi "in the house"; dǝmā̆na-, nmāna- "house" < *dm-ā̆na- | OCS domŭ "house" | MIr dom-liacc "house of stones" | town "house" | ?A tem-, B tam- "be born" | |||
| *kʷekʷlo- "wheel" | wheel (< OE hwēol, hweogol < PGerm *hweg(w)ulaz < *kʷekʷlós) | Old Norse hjōl, hvēl "wheel" < PGerm *hweh(w)ulaz < *kʷékʷlos | kúklos "circle", (pl.) "wheels" | cakrá- "wheel" | Av čaxra- "wheel" | Lith kãklas "neck" | A kukäl, B kokale "wagon" | kugullas "donut" | |||||
| *s(y)uH- "to sew" | sew (< OE sēowan) | siujan "to sew" | suō (suere) "to sew" | humḗn "sinew" | sī́vyati "(he) sews", syūtá- "sewn" | OCS šijǫ (šiti) "to sew" | Lith siúti "to sew" | sum(m)anza(n), šuel (?), šuil (?) "thread" | |||||
| *teks- "to fashion, construct" | OE þeox "spear" | OHG dehsa, dehsala "hatchet" | texō (texere) "to weave" | téktōn "carpenter", tíktō "I give birth" | takṣati, tā́ṣṭi "(he) fashions" | Av tašaiti "(he) cuts out, manufactures"; OPers us-tašanā "stairway" < "*construction"; MPers tāšīδan "to do carpentry" | OCS tešǫ (tesati) "to hew" | Lith tašaũ (tašýti) "to hew", Lith tekinti "to shape" | OIr tāl "axe" < *tōkslo- | takkeszi "puts together" | |||
| *webh- "to weave" | weave (< OE wefan) | OHG weban "to weave" | huphaínō "I weave" | ubhnā́ti "ties together" | Av ubdaēna- "made of cloth"; NPers bāfad "(he) weaves" | venj "I weave" < *webhnyō | B wāp- "to weave" | ||||||
| *werǵ- "to work" | work (< OE weorc, wyrc̣an) | waúrkjan "to work" | urgeō (urgēre) "to push, drive" | (w)érgon "work", érdō, hrézdō "I work" < *wérǵ-yoH₂, *wréǵ-yoH₂ | varcaḥ "activity" (? not in Pokorny) | Av varəza- "work, activity", vərəzyeiti "(he) works"; NPers varz, barz "field work, husbandry" | Lith vérgas "slave", var̃gti "to labour" | MW gwreith "deed" < *wreǵ-tu- | gorç "work " | rregj "to clean" | |||
| *wes- "to clothe, wear clothes" | wear (< OE werian) | wasjan "to clothe" | vestis "clothing" | héstai "gets dressed" | váste "(he) gets dressed" | Av vaste, vaŋhaiti "(he) gets dressed" | z-genum "I put on (clothes)" < *wes-nu- | vesh "dress" veshje "clothing" |
B wastsi, wästsi "clothing" | wassezzi "(he) clothes" |
Self-motion, rest
| PIE | English | Gothic | Latin | Ancient Greek | Sanskrit | Iranian | Slavic | Baltic | Celtic | Armenian | Albanian | Tocharian | Hittite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *H₁es- "to be", *H₁es-ti "is" Cf. Indo-European copula |
is (< OE is) | ist "is" | est " is" | estí "is,"; Dorian Greek entí "(they) are" <- *H₁s-enti | ásti "is," | Av asti "is"; Persian hast "is" | OCS jestŭ "is" | OLith ẽsti "is," | OIr is "is"; Old Welsh hint "(they) are" <- *H₁s-enti | ē "is" | është "is" | B ste "is" | ēszi "is" |
| *bhuH₂- "to become" Cf. Indo-European copula |
be (< OE bēon); OE būan "to dwell" | bauan "to dwell" | fuī "I was" | phúomai "I become", éphū "became" | bhávati "is", ábhūt "was" | Av bavaiti, OPers bavatiy "(he) becomes" | OCS byti "to become, be" | Lith bū́ti "to be" | OIr buith "being" | busanim "sprout up" | buj, bûj "I dwell, stay overnight" < *bunjō | ||
| *sed-, *si-zd- "to sit" | sit (< OE sittan < *sed-yo-nom) | sitan "to sit" | sedeō (sedēre) "to sit", sīdō "I sit down" < *si-zd-oH₂ | hézdomai "I sit" < *sed-yo-, hizdō "I set" < *si-zd-oH₂ | sátsi "(he) sits", aor. ásadat "sat"; sī́dati "(he) sits" < *si-zd-eti | Av ni-šaŋhasti "(he) sits down", opt. hazdyā-t "(he) should sit", hiδaiti "(he) sits" < *si-zd-eti; OPers caus. niya-šād-ayam "I set" | OCS sěždǫ (sěděti) "to sit" | Lith *sė́dmi/sė́džiu (sėdė́ti) "to sit" | OIr sa(i)did "sits"; W seddu "to sit" | nstim "I sit" <? *ni-zdyō, hecanim "I sit on, I ride" | |||
| *legh- "to lie down" | lie (< OE lic̣gan) | ligan "to lie down" | lectus "bed" | lékhomai "I lie down" | OCS ležǫ (ležati) "to lie down" | Lith pa-lėgỹs "bedriddenness" | OIr laigid "lies down" | lagje "city quarter" | A läk- "to lie", B lyśalyñe "(act of) lying down" | lagari "(he) lies down" | |||
| *ḱei- "to lie (down); bed, cozy, dear, familiar" | home (< OE hām "village, home" < *ḱoi-mos) | háims (háimáis) "village, town" < *ḱoi-mis | cīvis "city dweller, citizen" < *ḱei-wis | keĩtai "lies" | śētē (older śáyē) "(he) lies", śērē "they lie" | Av saēte "(he) lies", sōire "they lie" | OCS sěmĭja "servants" | Latvian sàime "household servants, family" < *ḱoi-mo-; Lith šeimýna "servants" < *ḱei-mo- | OIr cōim, cōem, OW cum "dear" | sirem "I love" < *ḱeiro- | kitta, kittari "lies"; Luwian ziyari "lies" | ||
| *steH₂- "to stand (i.e. be standing)" | stand (< OE standan) | standan "to stand"; OHG stān, stēn "to stand" | stō (stāre) "to stand", sistō (sistere) "to cause to stand" | Doric hístāmi "I stand" | tíṣṭhati "(he) stands" | Av hištaiti "(he) stands"; OPers impf. a-ištata "(he) stood" | OCS stajǫ (stati) "to stand up" | Lith stóju (stóti) "to step" | OIr tair-(ṡ)issiur "I stand" | mështet, pshtet "I support" | B stäm- "to stand", ste "is", "stare" "(they) are" | istanta- "to stay, delay" | |
| *H₁ei- "to go" | OE ēode "went" | iddja "went" | eō (īre) "to go" | eĩmi "I (will) go" | éti "(he) goes", yánti "(they) go" | Av aēiti "(he) goes", yeinti "(they) go"; OPers aitiy "goes" | OCS idǫ (iti) "to go"[27] | OLith eĩmi (eĩti) "to go" | W wyf "I am"; OIr ethaid "goes" < *it-āt- | iǰanem (aorist ēǰ) "I climb down" < *i-gh- | ik "to go" <? *H₁(e)i-K- | A yā "he went", B yatsi "to go" < *yā- | īt "go!" |
| *gʷem- "to come" | come (< OE cuman) | qiman "to come" | veniō (venīre) "to come" | baínō "I go" | gámati "(he) goes", aor. ágan, gan "(he) went" | Av ǰamaiti "goes"; OAv inj. uz-ǰǝ̄n "(he) goes", pl. gǝmǝn "they go" | Lith gemù (gim̃ti) "to be born | kam "I stand", ekn "(he) came" | ngā "I walk" < *ga-nyō | A käm-, kum-, B käm-, kam-, śem "to come" | |||
| *sekʷ- "to follow" | OE sec̣g "follower, companion, man" | ON seggr "hero" | sequor (sequī) "to follow" | hépomai "I follow" | sácate "(he) follows" | Av hačaitē, hačaiti "(he) follows" | Lith sekù (sèkti) "to follow" | OIr sechithir "follows" |
Object motion
| PIE | English | Gothic | Latin | Ancient Greek | Sanskrit | Iranian | Slavic | Baltic | Celtic | Armenian | Albanian | Tocharian | Hittite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *bher- "to carry" | bear (< OE beran) | baíran "to carry" | ferō (ferre) "to carry" | pherō "I carry" | bharati "(he) carries" | Av baraiti "(he) carries"; OPers barantiy "they carry" | OCS berǫ (bĭrati) "to carry" | OIr biru "I carry" | berem "I carry" | bie "I carry" | |||
| *weǵh- "to convey" | weigh (< OE wegan "carry"); way (< OE weġ); wain "wagon" (< OE wæġn)[28] | ga-wigan "to move, shake" | vehō (vehere) "to convey" | Pamphylian wekhétō "he should bring"; Cypriot éwekse "brought there" | váhati "(he) drives" | Av vazaiti "(he) leads, carries" | OCS vezǫ (vesti) "to drive" | Lith vežù (vèžti) "to ride" | OIr fēn, W gwain (type of wagon) < *weǵh-no-; W ar-wain "to lead" | vjedh "I steal" | Hier Luw wa-zi/a- "drive" | ||
| *H₂eǵ- "to lead, drive" | Old Norse aka "to drive" | agō (agere) "to drive, do" | ágō "I lead" | ájati "(he) drives" | Av azaiti "(he) drives" | OIr ad-aig "compels"; OW agit, hegit "goes" | acem "I lead" | A ak-, B āk- "go, lead" | |||||
| *dheH₁-, dhH̥₁- "to place, put" | do (< OE dōn) | deds "deed" | faciō (facere) "to do" < *dhH̥₁-k-yoH₂; con-ditus "built" (orig. "put together"), ab-ditus "removed" (orig. "put away") < Proto-Italic *-θatos < *dhH̥₁-tos | títhēmi "I put" < *dhí-dheH₁-mi | dádhāti "(he) puts" < *dhé-dheH₁-ti | Av daδāiti "(he) puts"; OPers impf. adadā "(he) established" | OCS děti "to lay" | Lith dė́ti "to put" | Gaulish dede "he put (pt.)"; OIr -tarti "he gives" < Proto-Celtic *to-ro-ad-dīt < *-dheH₁-t | ed "he put (past)" | dhatë "place, location" < *dhH̥₁-teH₂ | A tā-, täs-, tas-, B tes- "to lay" < *dheH₁-s- | dāi "puts" |
| *deH₃-, dhH̥₃- "to give" | dō (dare) "to give" | dídōmi "I give" | dádāti "(he) gives" | Av dadāiti "(he) gives"; OPers impv. dadātuv "let him give" | OCS damĭ "I will give" | Lith dúomi "I give" | OIr dān, W dawn "gift" | ta-m "I give" | dhashë "I gave" < *dH̥₃-sm̥ | dāi "takes" | |||
| *kap- "to grab" | have (< OE habban), heave (< OE hebban) | haban "to have", hafjan "to lift" | capiō (cabere) "to take" | káptō "I snatch, swallow" | kapaṭī "two handfuls" | NPers časpīdan, čapsīdan, cafsīdan "to grasp, seize" | Lith kúopa "ransom for seized animals"[29]; Latv kàmpju (kàmpt) "to grasp, grab" | OIr cacht "female slave", W caeth "slave" < *kap-tos "taken" | kap "I grasp, grab", kam "I have" | ||||
| *ghabh- "to seize, take" | give (< OE ġiefan) | giban "to give" | habeō (habēre) "to have" | gábhastiḥ "forearm, hand" | Polish gabać "seize" | Lith gãbana, gabanà "armful (hay)" | OIr gaibid "takes" | ||||||
| *gʷʰen- "to strike, kill" | bane (< OE bana "murderer") | banja "blow, wound, ulcer" | dē-fendō (dēfendere) "to ward off, defend", of-fendō (offendere) "to bump, offend" | theínō "I kill" < *gʷʰen-yoH₂, épephnon "I killed" < redup. + *gʷʰn-om | hánti "(he) strikes, kills" < *gʷʰen-ti, ghnánti "they strike, kill" | Av ǰainti "(he) strikes, kills", ni-γne (mid.) "I strike down"; OPers impf. ajanam "I struck down" | OCS ženǫ (gŭnati) "drive (animals to pasture)", žĭnjǫ (žęti) "reap" | Lith genù (giñti) "drive (animals to pasture)" < *gʷʰen-oH₂, geniù (genė́ti) "abästeln" < *gʷʰen-yoH₂ | OIr gonim "I wound, kill" | ǰnem "I strike" < *gʷʰen-oH₂, ǰnǰem "I destroy" < *gʷʰen-yoH₂ | gjanj "I hunt" < *gʷʰen-yoH₂ | B käsk- "to scatter to destruction" < *gʷʰn̥-sk- | kuēnzi "kills" < *gʷʰen-ti |
| *leikʷ-, *li-ne-kʷ- "to leave behind" | OE lēon "to lend" | leiƕan "to lend" | linquō (linquere) "to leave behind" | leípō, limpánō "I leave behind" | riṇákti "(he) leaves behind", 3rd. pl. riñcanti "they leave behind" | Av -irinaxti "(he) frees"; NPers rēxtan "to pour out" | OBulg otŭ-lěkŭ "something left over", lišiti "to rob" < *leikʷ-s- | Lith liekù (lìkti), OLith liekmì "to leave behind, remain" | OIr lēicid "(he) leaves behind, releases" | lk`anem "I leave behind" |
Time
| PIE | English | Gothic | Latin | Ancient Greek | Sanskrit | Iranian | Slavic | Baltic | Celtic | Armenian | Albanian | Tocharian | Hittite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *dhĝhyés "yesterday" | yesterday (< OE ġeostra) | gistra- "tomorrow (?)" | heri "yesterday" | khthés "yesterday" | hyáḥ "yesterday" < *ghyés | Av zyō, Old Persian diya(ka) "yesterday" | OIr in-dē, W doe "yesterday" | dje "yesterday" | |||||
| *nokʷts (nekʷts) "night" | night (< OE neaht, niht < *nokʷtis) | nahts (nahts) "night" < *nokʷts | nox (noctis) "night" | núks (núktos) "night" | nák (instr. pl. náktīḥ) "night" | OCS noštĭ "night" | Lith naktis "night" < *nokʷtis | OIr i-nnocht, OW henoid "on this night" | natë "night" | A n[a]ktim "nightly", B nekciye "in the evening" | nekuz (gen. sg.) "of evening" | ||
| *H₂eusōs "dawn", *H₂eus-tero- "east", *H₂euso- "gold" | eastern (< OE ēasterne) | Old Norse austr "east" | aurōra "dawn", aurum "gold" | Doric āṓs "dawn" | uṣā́ḥ (uṣásaḥ), acc. uṣā́sam "dawn" | Av ušā̊ (ušaŋhō), acc. ušā̊ŋhǝm "dawn" | OCS za ustra "(in) the morning" | Lith aušrà "dawn", aũšta "it dawns"; OLith ausas "gold" | OIr fāir "sunrise", W gwawr "dawn" < *wōsri- | ?os-ki "gold" | ?A wäs "gold" | ||
| *ǵhyem-, ǵheim- "winter" | hiems "winter" | kheĩma "winter" | hímā "winter" | Av zyā̊ (acc. zyąm, gen. zimō) "winter" | OCS zima "winter" | Lith žiemà "winter" | OIr gam "winter", gem-adaig "winter night"; OW gaem "winter" | jiun "snow" | Gheg dimën, Tosk dimër(ë) "winter" | gimmanza "winter" | |||
| *wés-r̥, wes-n-és "spring" | ON vár "spring" | vēr "spring" | (w)éar "spring" | vasan-tá- "spring" | Av vaŋri "in spring";; OPers ϑūra-vāhara- | OCS vesna "spring" | Lith vãsara, vasarà "summer" | OIr errach "spring"< *ferrach < *wesr-āko-; OW guiannuin "in spring" < *wes-n̥t-eino- | garun (garnan) "spring"< *wesr- | ||||
| *wet- "year", *per-ut- "last year" | wether "castrated male sheep" (< OE weþer), | OHG widar "male sheep", MHG vert "last year" <- *per-ut-, ON fjorð "last year" <- *per-ut- | vetus (veteris) "old" | (w)étos "year", pérusi "last year" | vatsá-, vatsará- "year", par-út "last year" | Sogdian wtšnyy (read wat(u)šanē) "old" | OCS vetŭchŭ "old" | OLith vetušas "old" | MIr feis, Cornish guis "sow" < *wet-si- | heru "last year" | vit (pl. vjet) "year" | witt- "year" | |
| *yeH₁r- "year" | year (< OE ġēar) | jēr "year" | hōrnus "this year's" < *hōyōr- | hōra "time, year" < *yoH₁r- | ?paryāríṇĪ "only calving after a year" | Av yārə "year" | Russ CH jara "spring" | OLith Jórė "spring festival" | W iar "hen", MIr eir-īn "fowl" | tari "year" |
References
- ^ k`oir < *swesōr; k`eṙ < *swesros; k`or-k` < *swesŏres
- ^ bridegome in Middle English, subsequently influenced by groom (archaicly "servant, man")
- ^ hēm- < *ām- (with h- after hum- "you (pl.)") < *asm- < *n̥sm-
- ^ *us-we is the original form, modified to *us-me in many languages under the influence of 1st. pl. *n̥s-mé. Very often when *us-we remained, the initial u- was lost; this happened at least in Germanic, Avestan and Celtic>
- ^ a b OE ēow (acc., dat.) and ēow-ic̣ (acc., with the same -c̣ ending visible in 1st. sg. acc. mēc̣ "me", also modern German mich "me"), likewise Old High German iuwih "you (acc./dat. pl.)" (modern euch), appear to have the same origin as izw- in Gothic izwis "you (acc./dat. pl)", with unexplained loss of -z-. izwis appears to come from stem izw- plus originally genitive -is, where izw- comes ultimately from PIE *us-we with the loss of u- also visible in Avestan and Celtic, followed by the addition of a prothetic i-. (Ringe, 2006)
- ^ Cf. Latin ne-que, Gothic ni-h, Hittite ni-kku, Lydian ni-k "and not, nor".
- ^ All suggested etymologies of një "one" are highly speculative, at best. This etymology is one of two given by E. Hamp in Indo-European Numerals (Jadranka Gvozdanović, ed., 1992), pp. 903-904; the other is simply from PIE *eni- (or H₂en-), a PIE deictic particle visible in Sanskrit anyá- "the other", OCS onŭ "that one", Lithuanian anàs "that one". Michiel de Vaan, in a review of Demiraj's Sistemi i numerimit, suggests PIE *H₂en-io-no- > pre-Proto-Albanian *ëńán > Proto-Albanian *ńâ > një. M. Huld (Basic Albanian Etymologies, p. 101) attempts to derive një from PIE *sm-iH₂, feminine of *sem "one" and reflected in Ancient Greek mía; this etymology is also tentatively suggested in Don Ringe et al. "IE and Computational Cladistics", p. 75 (Transactions of the Philological Society 100, 2002).
- ^ Accent location unknown.
- ^ Built upon osmŭ "eighth" < *H₁oḱt-mo-.
- ^ With nasalization after *septḿ̥ "seven".
- ^ Raham Asha, Phonology of Pārsīg
- ^ Influenced by zǝrǝd "heart".
- ^ a b c
Complex ablauting stem:
Singular Plural Language Nom Acc Gen Dat Nom Acc Gen PIE gʷōus gʷōm gʷous gʷówei gʷōwes gʷōs gʷowōm Sanskrit gáuḥ gā́m gṓḥ gávē gā́vaḥ gā́ḥ gávām Avestan gāuš gąm gāuš gave gā̆vō gā̊ gavąm - ^ Expected form is *vōs, not *bōs; evidently this is a borrowing from Oscan or Umbrian.
- ^ bóu, báu are archaic genitives; later báo, bó.
- ^ a b c A synchronic rule in PIE deleted laryngeals in the sequence VRHy or R̥Hy.
- ^ Cf. Sanskrit janitár-, Greek genetḗr, genétōr, Latin genitor "procreator".
- ^ acc. stā̆rǝm, gen. stārō, pl. nom. staras-ča, stārō, acc. strǝ̄uš, gen. strǝ̄m, dat. stǝrǝbyō
- ^ a b c
Complex ablauting stem:
Language Nom Acc Voc Gen Dat Loc Instr Pl PIE d(i)yēus dyēum dyĕu diw-és, -ós diwéi dyéwi and dyēu ? Greek Zdeús Zdẽn Zdeũ Di(w)ós Di(w)í Sanskrit d(i)yāúḥ dyā́m ? diváḥ, dyōḥ divḗ dyáví, diví dyú-bhiḥ - ^ Tīw < *deiwos was the Germanic god of war, but originally was a sky-god and head of the gods, like Zeus.
- ^ *deiwos > Lat. deus; gen. *deiwī > Lat. dīvī. From each stem a full declension was formed.
- ^ Cf. OE teoru "tar" < *derwo-.
- ^ Still scanned as three syllables in some passages of the Rigveda, Ringe (2006) p. 77.
- ^ Ringe (2006) p. 77, sourced to Melchert (1994) p. 54.
- ^ a b c d It is unclear how the original PIE forms produced the attested daughter-language forms. After the loss of laryngeals, original *péH₂wr̥, pH₂unés would regularly produce *pāwr̥, punés. It is possible that this form was considered too strange-looking, with the result that the u vowel was borrowed from the second stem into the first, yielding *púwr̥, punés. This compressed to *pūr, punés, and this stem set, or its regularized version *pūr, purés, might form the basis of the Umbrian, Greek and Armenian forms. For Germanic, however, something else must be at work. Ringe (2006) suggests that the following sequence of events produced Gothic fōn: Collective péH₂wōr -> pH₂uṓr (cf. Tocharian B puwar) > puōr > Proto-Germanic fuwōr > fwōr > fōr -> fōn (using -n- from the oblique stem), where -> indicates a change due to analogy, while > indicates a regular sound change. His explanation of funins and fuïr is very tentative and complicated. Pokorny's suggestion for Germanic is rather different. He derives fōn from *fwōn, with no further derivation, but probably different from Ringe's. fuïr comes from *puweri, a locative that could be formed from a nominative *púwr̥ or possibly from a stem *pur-. It suffices to say that the processes involved are not well-understood.
- ^ a b *H₁le(n)gʷh- and *H₁reudh- are both roots that form Caland-type adjectives. These roots are notable in that they form zero-stem adjectives with certain characteristic suffixes, especially -ro- and -u-, along with -i- in compounds. Other examples are *H₂erǵ- "white" (cf. Greek argós < *argrós "white", Sanskrit ṛjrá- "brilliant", Tocharian B ārkwi "white", Greek argi-kéraunos "with bright lightning") and *dheub- "deep" (cf. Lithuanian dubùs "hollow" < *dhub-u-, Tocharian B tapre "high" < *dhub-ro-).
- ^ idǫ is a secondary formation based on the athematic imperative idi < *i-dhi.
- ^ wagon is a loan-word from Dutch.
- ^ Also meaning "crowd" and "division"; formed identically to Greek kō̇pē "handle".
External links
- [1] Query Julius Pokorny's landmark Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, the standard reference for Indo-European vocabulary. Complete coverage of cognates of each root (although Hittite and Tocharian coverage is spotty), highly accurate forms. Beware, roots are given in pre-laryngeal form and glosses are in German.