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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: ueg- 'to bind, weave'

Semantic Fields: to Bind; to Weave

Indo-European Reflexes:

Family/Language	Reflex(es)	PoS/Gram.	Gloss	Source(s)
English
Middle English:	revelen	vb	to reveal	W7
	veile	n	veil	W7
English:	reveal	vb.trans	to make known via divine inspiration	AHD/W7
	veil	n	cloth worn by woman to cover head/face/shoulders	AHD/W7
	velarium	n	awning over ancient Roman theater/amphitheater	AHD/W7
	velum	n	membrane likened to veil/curtain	AHD/W7
	vexillum	n	square flag of ancient Roman cavalry	AHD/W7
	voile	n	fine soft sheer fabric used for curtains/summer clothing	AHD/W7
Italic
Latin:	revelo, revelare	vb	to reveal, uncover	W7
	velamen, velaminis	n.neut	cover, clothing	LRC
	velarium	n.neut	covering	W7
	velo, velare, velavi, velatum	vb	to veil, cover	LRC
	velum	n.neut	veil	W7
New Latin:	velum	n.neut	covering	W7
Portuguese:	véu	n	veil	TLL
Spanish:	velo	n	veil	TLL
Old North French:	veile	n.masc	veil	W7
French:	révéler	vb	to reveal	W7
	voile	n.fem	veil, voile; sail	W7
Italian:	velo	n	veil	TLL

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

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