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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: 2. tel-, telu-, telu- 'flat (board, ground)'

Semantic Field: Flat

Indo-European Reflexes:

Family/Language	Reflex(es)	PoS/Gram.	Gloss	Source(s)
English
Old English:	þel(l)	n.neut	deal, plank, plate, thin piece of wood/metal	ASD
	þille	n.fem	thill, board, plank, beam; flooring	W2I/ASD
Middle English:	thille	n	thill	W7
	title	n	title	W7
English:	tellurian	n	apparatus to illustrate rotation of earth	AHD/W7
	telluric	adj	terrestrial, re: earth	AHD
	tellurion	n	apparatus showing motions of earth	AHD
	tellurium	n	brittle silvery-white semi-metallic element	AHD/W7
	thill	n	shaft of vehicle	W7
	title	n	inscription	AHD/W7
British English:	deal	n	board of fir/pine	AHD/W7
W-Germanic
Middle Dutch:	dele	n	deal, plank, floor	W2I
Dutch:	deel	n	deal, plank, floor	W2I
Middle Low German:	dele	n	deal, plank	W7
Old High German:	dili/dilla	n	deal, plank	W2I
German:	Diele	n.fem	deal, plank	LRC
N-Germanic
Old Norse:	þel	n	floor, board	KNW
	þili	n	plank, wainscot	W2I
	þilja	n	plank, thwart, planking	W2I
	þoll	n	young spruce	KNW
Swedish:	tall	n	fir, pine	SAO
Italic
Latin:	tabula, tabulae	n.fem	tablet	LRC
	tellus, telluris	n.fem	earth	W7
	titulus	n.masc	title	W7
New Latin:	tellurium	n.neut	semi-metallic element	W7
Old French:	title	n.masc	title	W7

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

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

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)
KNW	=	Gerhard Köbler: Altnordisches Wörterbuch, 2nd ed. (2003)
LRC	=	Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin
SAO	=	Swedish Academy: Svenska Akademiens Ordbok (2011)
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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