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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.

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Pokorny Etymon: eueg^uh- 'to praise, worship, avow, speak formally'

Semantic Fields: Praise (n); to Worship; to Speak, Talk

Indo-European Reflexes:

Family/Language	Reflex(es)	PoS/Gram.	Gloss	Source(s)
English
Middle English:	avowen/avouen	vb	to avow	W7/CDC
	devot	adj	devout	W7
	vowe	n	vow	W7
	vowen	vb	to vow	W7
English:	avow	vb	to claim, declare as fact	W7
	devote	vb.trans	to dedicate via solemn act	AHD/W7
	devout	adj	devoted to religion/religious duties/exercises	AHD/W7
	votary	n	sworn adherent	AHD/W7
	vote	n	formal expression of will/opinion	AHD/W7
	votive	adj	offered/performed in devotion/gratitude/fulfillment of vow	AHD/W7
	vow	n	solemn promise/assertion	AHD/W7
	vow	vb	to avow, declare	AHD/W7
Italic
Latin:	advoco, advocare	vb	to call, summon (to one's aid)	W7
	devoveo, devovere, devovi, devotum	vb	to vow, devote, consecrate	LRC
	votivus	adj	votive	W7
	votum	n.neut	vow, wish	W7
	voveo, vovere, vovi, votum	vb	to vow, pledge, dedicate	LRC
Late Latin:	devotus	vb.ptc	devout	W7
Old French:	avo(u)er	vb	to avow	W7/CDC
	devot	adj/n.masc	devout	W7
	voeu	n.masc	vow	W7
Old Occitan:	avoar	vb	to avow	CDC
Hellenic
Homeric Greek:	euchetáomai	vb.dep	to vow, pray	LRC
	euchê	n.fem	vow, prayer	LRC
Anatolian
Hittite:	huk-	vb	to conjure, treat by incantation	LRC
Indic
Sanskrit:	óhate/uhate	vb	to claim, declare; bless, glorify	LRC

Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:

Abbrev.		Meaning
adj	=	adjective
dep	=	deponent
fem	=	feminine (gender)
masc	=	masculine (gender)
n	=	noun
neut	=	neuter (gender)
ptc	=	participle
trans	=	transitive
vb	=	verb

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)
CDC	=	W.D. Whitney and B.E. Smith: The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia (1889-1911)
LRC	=	Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin
W7	=	Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963)

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