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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: andh-, anedh- 'to sprout, bloom, blossom; herb, anther'

Semantic Field: to Grow

Indo-European Reflexes:

Family/Language	Reflex(es)	PoS/Gram.	Gloss	Source(s)
English
English:	acidanthera	n	(type of) flower	AHD/W7
	agapanthus	n	(type of) flower	AHD/W7
	anthemion	n	architectural floral motif	AHD/W7
	anther	n	pollen-bearing part of flower	AHD/W7
	anthesis	n	a flower's open period	AHD/W7
	chrysanthemum	n	chrysanthemum (flower)	AHD/W7
	dianthus	n	(type of) flower	AHD/W7
	hydranth	n	feeding individual of a hydroid colony	AHD/W7
	monanthous	adj	bearing a single flower	AHD
	strophanthin	n	toxic serum made from Strophanthus plant	AHD/W7
Italic
Latin:	anthēra	n	medicine made from flowers	AHD
	chrysanthemum	n.neut	chrysanthemum	W7
Medieval Latin:	anthēra	n	pollen	AHD
New Latin:	acidanthera	n.fem	acidanthera	W7
	agapanthus	n.masc	agapanthus	W7
	anthera	n.fem	anther, medicine made from flowers	W7
	anthesis	n.fem	blooming	W7
	dianthus	n.masc	dianthus	W7
	Strophanthus	n.masc	genus of tropical trees/vines	W7
Hellenic
Homeric Greek:	ἀνθεμόεις	adj	flowery	LRC
	ἀνθέω	vb	to bloom, blossom	LRC
	ʼάνθος	n.neut	flower, blossom	LRC
Greek:	ʼάνθεμον	n.neut	flower	LS
	ἀνθέω	vb	to bloom, blossom	LS
	anthēra	n.fem	anther, medicine made from flowers	W7
	ἀνθηρός	adj	blooming, flowery	LS
	anthēsis	n.fem	bloom	W7
	anthologein	vb	to gather flowers	AHD
	chrysanthemon	n.neut	chrysanthemum	W7

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

Abbrev.		Meaning
adj	=	adjective
fem	=	feminine (gender)
masc	=	masculine (gender)
n	=	noun
neut	=	neuter (gender)
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
LS	=	Liddell and Scott: Greek-English Lexicon, 7th-9th ed's (1882-1940), rev.
W7	=	Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963)

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