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Indo-European Lexicon

Pokorny Etymon and IE Reflexes

Below we display: a Proto-Indo-European etymon from Pokorny, with an 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 "principle 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 at the end. All reflex pages are currently under active construction; as time goes on corrections may be made and/or more reflexes may be added.

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Pokorny Etymon: 2. ais- 'to respect, worship, be in awe'

Semantic Field: to Worship

Indo-European Reflexes:

Family/Language	Reflex(es)	PoS/Gram.	Gloss	Source(s)
English
Old English:	ār(e)	n.str.fem	kindness, honor	GED
W-Germanic
Old High German:	ēra	n.str.fem	honor	GED
Old Saxon:	ēra	n.str.fem	honor	GED
Old Frisian:	ēre	n.str.fem	honor	GED
N-Germanic
Old Icelandic:	eir	n.str.fem	grace, generosity	GED
	eirð	n.str.fem	mercy	GED
E-Germanic
Gothic:	*aistan	vb.wk.III	to fear, respect	GED
Hellenic
Greek:	αʼίδομαι	vb	to fear, respect	GED/IEW
	αἰδώς	n	respect	GED/IEW
Indic
Sanskrit:	īṭṭe	vb	to venerate	GED

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

Abbrev.		Meaning
III	=	class 3
fem	=	feminine (gender)
n	=	noun
str	=	strong (inflection)
vb	=	verb
wk	=	weak (inflection)

Key to information Source codes (always with 'LRC' as editor):

Code		Citation
GED	=	Winfred P. Lehmann: A Gothic Etymological Dictionary (1986)
IEW	=	Julius Pokorny: Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (1959)
LRC	=	Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin