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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: la[i]p-, luip-, lup- 'to burn, shine'

Semantic Fields: to Burn, Scorch; to Shine, Glisten

Indo-European Reflexes:

Family/Language	Reflex(es)	PoS/Gram.	Gloss	Source(s)
English
Middle English:	lamp	n	lamp	W7
	lanterne	n	lantern	W7
English:	eclampsia	n	convulsive state	AHD/W7
	lamp	n	vessel with wick for burning flammable liquid to produce light	AHD/W7
	lantern	n	protective lamp case with (transparent) openings	AHD/W7
W-Germanic
Dutch:	lamp	n	lamp	TLL
German:	Lampe	n.fem	lamp	LRC
	Laterne	n.fem	lantern	LRC
N-Germanic
Old Norse:	leiptr	n	lightning	W7
Danish:	lampe	n	lamp	TLL
Swedish:	lampa	n	lamp	TLL
Italic
Latin:	lampas	n.fem	torch	W7
	lanterna	n.fem	lamp, lantern	W7
Old French:	lampe	n.fem	lamp	W7
Middle French:	lanterne	n.fem	lantern	W7
Hellenic
Greek:	eklampw	vb	to shine forth	W7
	eklampsis	n.fem	sudden flashing	W7
	lampas, lampados	n.fem	torch	W7
	lamprós	adj	shiny	LRC
	lampter	n.masc	lantern	W7
	lampw	vb	to shine	W7
	perilámpô	vb	to shine around	LRC

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

Abbrev.		Meaning
adj	=	adjective
fem	=	feminine (gender)
masc	=	masculine (gender)
n	=	noun
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)
LRC	=	Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin
TLL	=	Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944)
W7	=	Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963)

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