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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. peu-, peuu- : pu- 'to sift, clean, purge, purify'

Semantic Field: Pure, Clean

Indo-European Reflexes:

Family/Language	Reflex(es)	PoS/Gram.	Gloss	Source(s)
Celtic
Middle Irish:	ur	adj	fresh, green	W7
English
Middle English:	pouren	vb	to pour	W7
	pur	adj	pure, untainted	W7
	purgen	vb	to purge	W7
	spurge	n	spurge	W7
English:	compurgation	n	clearing of accused by oaths re: innocence/veracity	AHD/W7
	depurate	vb	to cleanse, purify, clarify	AHD/CDC
	expurgate	vb.trans	to cleanse of moral harm/error/offense	AHD/W7
	pour	vb	to cause to flow/stream	AHD/W7
	pure	adj	unmixed with other matter	AHD/W7
	puree	n	paste/thick liquid suspension, sieved cooked food	AHD/W7
	purge	vb	to clear of moral/ceremonial defilement	AHD/W7
	spurge	n	usu. shrubby plant	AHD/W7
Italic
Latin:	compurgatus	vb.ptc	completely cleared up	W7
	compurgo, compurgare	vb	to clear completely	W7
	expurgatus	vb.ptc	purged, cleaned out	W7
	expurgo, expurgare	vb	to clean out	W7
	purgo, purgare	vb	to purge, purify	W7
	puro, purare	vb	to purify	W7
	purus, pura, purum	adj	pure	LRC
	puto, putare	vb	to clear, cleanse	W7
Late Latin:	compurgatio	n.fem	complete clearance	W7
Spanish:	púro	adj	pure	TLL
Old French:	pur	adj	pure	W7
	purgier	vb	to purge, purify	W7
Middle French:	espurgier	vb	to purge	W7
	puré	vb.ptc	purified	W7
	purer	vb	to purify, strain	W7
	spurge	n.fem	spurge	W7
Indic
Sanskrit:	punati	vb	to cleanse	W7

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

Abbrev.		Meaning
adj	=	adjective
fem	=	feminine (gender)
n	=	noun
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
TLL	=	Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944)
W7	=	Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963)

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