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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. od- 'to smell'

Semantic Fields: to Smell (subj); to Smell (obj)

Indo-European Reflexes:

Family/Language	Reflex(es)	PoS/Gram.	Gloss	Source(s)
English
Middle English:	odour	n	odor	W7
	redolent	adj	redolent	W7
English:	anosmia	n	loss/impairment of sense of smell	AHD/W7
	cacodyl	n	arsenical radical (compounds noted for vile smell/poisonous properties)	AHD/W7
	collodion	n	viscous solution of pyrozylin	AHD/W7
	geode	n	stone nodule having cavity lined with crystals/mineral matter	AHD/W7
	odor	n	scent, quality that stimulates olfactory sense	AHD/W7
	olfactory	adj	re: sense of smell	AHD/W7
	osmatic	adj	depending (for orientation) on sense of smell	AHD/W7
	osmeterium	n	caterpillar's glandular sac of ill-smelling substance	AHD
	osmium	n	hard brittle blue-gray/black polyvalent metal	AHD/W7
	ozone	n	allotropic triatomic oxygen	AHD/W7
	ozostomia	n	halitosis, foul-smelling breath	AHD
	parosmia	n	distortion of sense of smell	AHD
	phyllode	n	flat expanded petiole	AHD/W7
	redolent	adj	aromatic, exuding fragrance	AHD/W7
British English:	odour	n	odor	LRC
W-Germanic
German:	Ozon	n.neut	ozone	W7
Italic
Latin:	geodes	n.masc	a gem	W7
	odor	n.masc	smell, odor	W7
	oleo, olere	vb	to smell	W7
	olfacio, olfacere, olfeci, olfactus	vb	to smell	W7
	olfactorius	adj	of smell	W7
	redoleo, redolere	vb	to emit a scent	W7
New Latin:	anosmia	n.fem	loss of sense of smell	W7
	collodium	n.neut	viscous solution	W7
	osmium	n.neut	metallic element	W7
	phyllodium	n.neut	phyllode	W7
Middle French:	redolent	adj	redolent, aromatic	W7
French:	odeur	n.fem	smell, odor	W7
Hellenic
Doric:	ósdô	vb	to smell	LS
Homeric Greek:	odmê	n.fem	smell, scent, odor	LS
Attic:	osmê	n.fem	smell, scent, odor	LS
Greek:	geodes	adj	earthlike	W7
	kakodes	adj	ill-smelling	W7
	kollodes	adj	glutinous	W7
	ozó-stomos	adj	with ozostomia	LS
	ózô	vb	to smell	W7
	ozon	vb.ptc	smelling	W7
	osme	n	odor	AHD
	phyllodes	adj	like a leaf	W7
	-odes	afx	smelling (of); characterized by	W7

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

Abbrev.		Meaning
adj	=	adjective
afx	=	affix
fem	=	feminine (gender)
masc	=	masculine (gender)
n	=	noun
neut	=	neuter (gender)
ptc	=	participle
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
LS	=	Liddell and Scott: Greek-English Lexicon, 7th-9th ed's (1882-1940), rev.
W7	=	Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963)

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