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Indo-European Lexicon

Pokorny Etymon and IE Reflexes

Below we display: a Proto-Indo-European etymon from Pokorny, with an 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 "principle 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 at the end. All reflex pages are currently under active construction; as time goes on corrections may be made and/or more reflexes may be added.

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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)