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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: 1. naus- 'boat, ship'

Semantic Fields: Boat; Ship

Indo-European Reflexes:

Family/Language	Reflex(es)	PoS/Gram.	Gloss	Source(s)
English
Old English:	nowend	n.masc	sailor	W7/ASD
Middle English:	navie	n	navy	W7
	noise	n	noise	W7
English:	aeronaut	n	one who works/travels in atmosphere	AHD/W7
	aquanaut	n	one who lives/works underwater	AHD
	Argonaut	prop.n	Argo crewmember seeking Golden Fleece (Greek mythology)	AHD
	astronaut	n	one who works/travels in space	AHD
	cosmonaut	n	astronaut	AHD/W7
	nacelle	n	enclosed shelter on aircraft for engine	AHD/W7
	nausea	n	stomach distress, urge to vomit	AHD/W7
	nautical	adj	re: ships/seamen/navigation	AHD/W7
	nautilus	n	cephalopod mollusks of Indian/South Pacific oceans	AHD/W7
	naval	adj	re: ships/shipping	AHD/W7
	nave	n	main part of interior of church	AHD/W7
	navicular	adj	boat-shaped	AHD/W7
	navicular	n	bone (esp. of carpus)	AHD/W7
	navy	n	military fleet/ships	AHD/W7
	noise	n	loud/confused/senseless outcry/shouting	AHD/W7
Italic
Latin:	Argonauta	prop.n	Argonaut	AHD
	nausea	n.fem	nausea	W7
	nauticus	adj	nautical	W7
	nautilus	n.masc	paper nautilus	W7
	navalis	adj	naval, of navigation	W7
	navicula	n.fem	small boat	W7
	navigia	n.neut.pl	ships	W7
	navigo, navigare	vb	to sail, navigate	W7
	navis	n.fem	ship	W7
Late Latin:	navicella	n.fem	little ship	W7
New Latin:	nautilus	n.masc	(genus of) nautilus mollusks	W7
Old French:	noise	n.fem	noise, strife, quarrel	W7
French:	nacelle	n.fem	little boat, montgolfier basket	W7
	navire	n.masc	ship	W7
Slavic
Russian:	aeronavt	n	aeronaut	W7
Hellenic
Greek:	Argonautes	prop.n	Argonaut	AHD
	naûs	n.fem	ship	LRC
	nautes	n.masc	sailor	W7
	nautia	n.fem	nausea	W7
	nautikos	adj	nautical	W7
	nautilos	n.masc	sailor	W7
Indic
Sanskrit:	nau	n	ship	W7

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

Abbrev.		Meaning
adj	=	adjective
fem	=	feminine (gender)
masc	=	masculine (gender)
n	=	noun
neut	=	neuter (gender)
pl	=	plural (number)
prop	=	proper
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)
ASD	=	Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller: An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898)
LRC	=	Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin
W7	=	Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963)

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