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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: albho- 'white'

Semantic Field: White

Indo-European Reflexes:

Family/Language	Reflex(es)	PoS/Gram.	Gloss	Source(s)
English
Old English:	ælf	n	elf	W7
	albe	n	alb, white garment	W7/ASD
Middle English:	albe	n	alb	W7
	auborne	adj	blond	W7
	dauben	vb	to daub	W7
	elf	n	elf	W7
English:	abele	n	white poplar	AHD/W7
	alb	n	white garment worn at Eucharist	AHD/W7
	albedo	n	reflected lustre	AHD/W7
	albino	n	lacking genetic pigment	AHD/W7
	albite	n	a kind of feldspar	AHD/W7
	album	n	blank notebook; musical record	AHD/W7
	albumen	n	egg white	AHD/W7
	aubade	n	dawn song, morning song	AHD/W7
	auburn	adj	reddish-brown	AHD/W7
	daub	vb	to plaster, crudely spread	AHD/W7
	elf	n	elf (a supernatural being)	AHD/W7
	oaf	n	dullard, fool	AHD/W7
	Oberon	prop.n	medieval "king of the fairies"	LRC
	Oliver	prop.n	paladin of Charlemagne and comrade of Roland	LRC
W-Germanic
Dutch:	abeel	n	white poplar	W7
N-Germanic
Old Norse:	alfr	n	elf	W7
	Álfr	prop.n.masc	Alf, Elf	LRC
Swedish:	albit	n	a feldspar	W7
Italic
Latin:	albus, alba, album	adj	white	LRC
Vulgar Latin:	alba	n.fem	dawn	W7
Late Latin:	albedo	n.fem	whiteness	W7
Medieval Latin:	alba	n.fem	white garment worn at the Eucharist	W7
	alburnus	adj	whitish	W7
Old French:	Auberon	n.masc	Oberon, king of the fairies in Medieval folklore	W7
	dauber	vb	to coat, plaster	W7
Old North French:	abiel	adj	white	W7
Middle French:	auborne	adj	blond	W7
French:	aubade	n.fem	aubade	W7
	Oliver	n.masc	a man's name	W7
Old Provencal:	alba, auba	n.fem	dawn	W7
	aubada	n.fem	aubade, a morning song	W7
Spanish:	albo	adj	white	W7
Portuguese:	albino	adj	albino	W7

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

Abbrev.		Meaning
adj	=	adjective
fem	=	feminine (gender)
masc	=	masculine (gender)
n	=	noun
prop	=	proper
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)
ASD	=	Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller: An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898)
LRC	=	Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin
W7	=	Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963)