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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: 7. au̯-, au̯ē-, au̯ēi- 'to like, help'

Semantic Field: to Help, Aid

Indo-European Reflexes:

Family/Language	Reflex(es)	PoS/Gram.	Gloss	Source(s)
Celtic
Old Irish:	con-ōi	vb.3.sg	helps	GED
Gaulish:	Avicantus	prop.n	[personal name]	GED
English
Old English:	Eanmund	prop.n	Eanmund [personal name]	GED
English:	Eanmund	prop.n	Swedish prince in Beowulf	LRC
W-Germanic
Old Saxon:	ālat	n.masc/neut	thanks	GED
	ōlat	n.masc/neut	thanks	GED
	Onmund	prop.n	[personal name]	GED
Old High German:	Awa/Awo	prop.n	[personal name]	GED
	Awi-	prop.n.pfx	[personal name]	GED
	Onmund	prop.n	[personal name]	GED
N-Germanic
Runic:	auja	n	good fortune	GED
Old Icelandic:	Aunmundr	prop.n	[personal name]	GED
E-Germanic
Gothic:	awiliuþ	n.neut	thanks	GED
	Onemunds	prop.n	[personal name]	GED
	Onila	prop.n	[personal name]	GED
Italic
Latin:	audeō, audēre, ausus	vb	to dare to do	LRC
	aveō	vb	to yearn for	GED
	avidus, avida, avidum	adj	eager, desirous	LRC
Hellenic
Greek:	αʼίτα	n	friend, beloved	GED
	ἀῑ́τᾱς	n	friend, beloved	GED
	ἐνηής	adj	well-wishing	GED
Armenian
Armenian:	aviun	n	inspiration	GED
Iranian
Avestan:	avaiti	vb.3.sg	helps	GED
Indic
Sanskrit:	ávati	vb	to favor	GED
	áviṣ	adj	favorable	GED
Tocharian
Tocharian A:	aulāre	n	friend, companion	GED
	olar	n	friend, companion	GED

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

Abbrev.		Meaning
3	=	3rd person
adj	=	adjective
masc	=	masculine (gender)
n	=	noun
neut	=	neuter (gender)
pfx	=	prefix
prop	=	proper
sg	=	singular (number)
vb	=	verb

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

Code		Citation
GED	=	Winfred P. Lehmann: A Gothic Etymological Dictionary (1986)
LRC	=	Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin

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