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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: geu-, guu-, gu- 'to bend, curl; cup, vessel'

Semantic Fields: to Bend; Cup; Jug, Pitcher

Indo-European Reflexes:

Family/Language	Reflex(es)	PoS/Gram.	Gloss	Source(s)
English
Old English:	attorcoppa/attercoppe/at(t)orcoppe	n.fem	attercop, lit. venom-spider	OED/ASD
	cicen	n.neut	chicken	W7/ASD
	cofa	n.masc	cove, closet	RPN/ASD
	copp	n.masc	cup, goblet; peak, summit	IEW
	coppa	n	spider	OED
	cupp	n.masc	cup, goblet	IEW
	cuppe	n.fem	cup, goblet	W7/ASD
	cycgel	n	cudgel	W7
	cyf(e)	n.fem	tub, vat, cask	RPN/ASD
	cyfl	n	tub, bucket	RPN
	*cype	n	kipe	IEW
Middle English:	attercop(pe)	n	attercop	CDC
	chiken	n	chicken	W7
	coppeweb	n	cobweb	W7
	cove	n	cove, den	W7
	cuppe	n	cup	W7
	kuggel	n	cudgel	W7
	kype	n	kipe	W2I
English:	Attercop	prop.n	epithet for spider in Tolkien: The Hobbit	LRC
	attercop	n	(poisonous) spider	OED
	chicken	n	common domestic fowl	IEW/W7
	Cob	prop.n	epithet for spider in Tolkien: The Hobbit	LRC
	cob	n	spider; head, round clump	IEW
	cobweb	n	lit. spider web	W7
	cove	n	chamber, cavity, recessed place	IEW/W7
	cub	n	young carnivorous mammal	IEW/W7
	cudgel	n	short heavy club	IEW/W7
	cup	n	small bowl-shaped drinking vessel	W7
	kipe	n	osier basket, plaited fish trap	IEW/W2I
	kyte/kite	n	belly, stomach, abdomen	IEW/W2I
Scots English:	ettercap	n	attercop	CDC
W-Germanic
Old Frisian:	kopp	n	cup, goblet	IEW
Dutch:	kieken/kuiken	n.neut	chicken	ASD
	kuip	n.fem	tub	ASD
	kuit	n	calf (of leg)	TLL
Old Saxon:	copa	n.fem	cup, vat, vessel	ASD
Middle Low German:	kopp	n	cup, goblet	IEW
Old High German:	kopf/chuph	n	cup, goblet	IEW
	kuofa	n.fem	cup, vat, vessel	ASD
Middle High German:	kobe	n	stable, pigsty	RPN
	kuofe	n.fem	vessel	ASD
German:	Dummkopf	n.masc	dummkopf, blockhead, simpleton	LRC
	Kopf	n.masc	head	IEW
	Kufe	n.fem	cup, vessel	ASD
N-Germanic
Old Norse:	koddi	n	cushion	KNW
Old Icelandic:	kofi	n	hut, shed	RPN
	kúfóttr	adj	convex	RPN
Icelandic:	kupa	n.fem	bowl, box, basin	ASD
Danish:	edderkop	n	attercop	CDC
	kippe/kyper	n.masc/fem	dyer's tub	ASD
	kylling	n	chicken	ASD
	ædder-cop	n	cup of poison, lit. atter-cup	ICE
Swedish:	kudde	n	cushion	SAO/TLL
	kupa	n.fem	case, box	ASD
	kyckling	n.masc	chicken	ASD
	kyp	n.masc	dyer's tub	ASD
Italic
Latin:	cupa	n.fem	cask, vat, vessel	ASD
Late Latin:	cuppa	n.fem	cup	W7
Middle Latin:	cuppa	n.fem	cup, vat, vessel	ASD
Spanish:	cuba	n.fem	cask for wine/oil	ASD
French:	cuve	n.fem	vat, vessel	ASD
Hellenic
Greek:	gúpê	n	cave, den, hole	RPN
	gureúô	vb	to run around in a circle	RPN
	gûros	n	ring, circle	RPN
	gurós	adj	round	RPN
Indic
Sanskrit:	guli	n	globe, pill	RPN
	gola-h	n	globe, ball, ball-shaped jar	RPN

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

Abbrev.		Meaning
adj	=	adjective
fem	=	feminine (gender)
masc	=	masculine (gender)
n	=	noun
neut	=	neuter (gender)
prop	=	proper
vb	=	verb

Key to information Source codes (always with 'LRC' as editor):

Code		Citation
ASD	=	Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller: An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898)
CDC	=	W.D. Whitney and B.E. Smith: The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia (1889-1911)
ICE	=	Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
IEW	=	Julius Pokorny: Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (1959)
KNW	=	Gerhard Köbler: Altnordisches Wörterbuch, 2nd ed. (2003)
LRC	=	Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin
OED	=	James A.H. Murray et al: The Oxford English Dictionary (1933)
RPN	=	Allan R. Bomhard: Reconstructing Proto-Nostratic (2002)
SAO	=	Swedish Academy: Svenska Akademiens Ordbok (2011)
TLL	=	Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944)
W2I	=	Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language, 2nd ed. (1959)
W7	=	Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963)

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