Below we display: a Proto-Indo-European etymon from Pokorny, with an English gloss;
our Semantic Field
Reflexes are annotated with: Part-of-Speech and/or other Grammatical
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Pokorny Etymon: 2. ere-s- 'to flow'
Semantic Field: to Flow
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||||||
| Old English: | ierre | adj | wandering, angry | W7 | ||||
| ræs | n | rush | W7 | |||||
| ræsan, ræsde, ræsed | vb.wk.I | to rush, hasten | LRC | |||||
| Middle English: | erratic | adj | erratic | W7 | ||||
| erren | vb | to err | W7 | |||||
| erroneous | adj | erroneous | W7 | |||||
| errour | n | error | W7 | |||||
| ras | n | race | W7 | |||||
| rosmarine | n | rosemary | W7 | |||||
| English: | aberration | n | act of strayng from normal state/moral standard | AHD/W7 | ||||
| drosera | n | insectivorous plant in sundew family | AHD/W7 | |||||
| drosophila | n | small two-winged fly | AHD/W7 | |||||
| err | vb.intrans | to stray | AHD/W7 | |||||
| erratic | adj | wandering, having no fixed course | AHD/W7 | |||||
| erratum | n | corrigendum | AHD/W7 | |||||
| erroneous | adj | wandering | AHD/W7 | |||||
| error | n | mistake, ignorant/imprudent act/condition deviating from norm | AHD/W7 | |||||
| race | n | act of running | AHD/W7 | |||||
| rosemary | n | fragrant shrubby mint | AHD/W7 | |||||
| N-Germanic | ||||||||
| Old Norse: | ras | n | race | W7 | ||||
| Italic | ||||||||
| Latin: | aberro, aberrare, aberravi, aberratus | vb | to go astray | W7 | ||||
| erraticus | adj | erratic | W7 | |||||
| erratum | n.neut | erratum, mistake | W7 | |||||
| erro, errare, erravi, erratus | vb | to wander, err | W7 | |||||
| erro, erronis | n.masc | wanderer | W7 | |||||
| erroneus | adj | erroneous | W7 | |||||
| error, erroris | n.masc | error, mistake, wandering | LRC | |||||
| rorarii | n.masc.pl | skirmishers | W7 | |||||
| ros, roris | n.masc | dew | W7 | |||||
| rosmarinus | n.masc | rosemary | W7 | |||||
| New Latin: | drosera | n.fem | genus: plants in sundew family | W7 | ||||
| drosophila | n.fem | genus: small fly | W7 | |||||
| Old French: | errer | vb | to travel | W7 | ||||
| errour | n.fem | error | W7 | |||||
| Middle French: | erratique | adj | erratic | W7 | ||||
| Hellenic | ||||||||
| Greek: | Árês | n.masc | Ares | LRC | ||||
| droseros | adj | dewy | W7 | |||||
| drosos | n.fem | dew | W7 | |||||
| eroe | n.fem | respite | W7 | |||||
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| I | = | class 1 |
| adj | = | adjective |
| fem | = | feminine (gender) |
| intrans | = | intransitive |
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| neut | = | neuter (gender) |
| pl | = | plural (number) |
| 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) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |