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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: sneubh- 'to woo, marry'

Semantic Field: to Wed, Marry

Indo-European Reflexes:

Family/Language	Reflex(es)	PoS/Gram.	Gloss	Source(s)
English
Middle English:	nimphe	n	nymph	W7
English:	connubial	adj	conjugal, re: (state of) marriage	AHD/W7
	nubile	adj	of marriageable age/condition	AHD/W7
	nuptial	adj	re: wedding, marriage (ceremony)	AHD/W7
	nuptials	n.pl	wedding, marriage	W7
	nymph	n	minor nature divinity represented as beautiful maiden	AHD/W7
	nympholepsy	n	frenzy/ecstasy thought to be induced by nymphs	AHD
	nympholept	n	one in state of nympholepsy	AHD
W-Germanic
German:	Nymphe	n.fem	nymph	LRC
Italic
Latin:	connūbium/cōnūbium	n.neut	wedding, marriage	W7
	cōnūbiālis	adj	connubial	W7
	nubilis	adj	nubile	W7
	nūbo, nūbere, nupsi, nuptum	vb	to wed, marry	W7
	nuptiae	n.fem.pl	nuptials	W7
	nuptialis	adj	nuptial	W7
	nympha	n.fem	nymph, bride	W7
Middle French:	nimphe	n.fem	nymph	W7
French:	nubile	adj	nubile	W7
Hellenic
Homeric Greek:	Νύμφη	prop.n.fem	Nymph, e.g. a Naiad (water nymph)	LRC
	νύμφη	n.fem	nymph, bride, lady	LRC

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

Abbrev.		Meaning
adj	=	adjective
fem	=	feminine (gender)
n	=	noun
neut	=	neuter (gender)
pl	=	plural (number)
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)
LRC	=	Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin
W7	=	Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963)

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