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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: 2. dhabh- 'to fix, suit; proper'

Semantic Fields: Good; Custom, Usage

Indo-European Reflexes:

Family/Language	Reflex(es)	PoS/Gram.	Gloss	Source(s)
English
Old English:	ge-dæfte	adj	meek, gentle	RPN
	ge-dēfe/gedoefe	adj	seemly, fitting	ASD
Middle English:	dafte	adj	daft, stupid, gentle	W7
	fabricaten	vb	to fabricate	W7
	forge	n	forge	W7
English:	daft	adj	silly, foolish	AHD/W7
	fabric	n	building, structure	AHD/W7
	fabricate	vb.trans	to construct, manufacture	AHD/W7
	forge	n	smithy, furnace where metal is heated/wrought	AHD/W7
W-Germanic
Dutch:	fabriek	n	fabric, factory	TLL
German:	Fabrik	n.fem	fabric, factory	LRC
	fabrizieren	vb	to fabricate	LRC
N-Germanic
Danish:	fabrik	n	fabric, factory	TLL
Swedish:	fabrik	n	fabric, factory	TLL
E-Germanic
Gothic:	ga-daban	vb	to happen, be fitting	RPN
	ga-dōbs	adj	fitting	ASD
Italic
Latin:	faber	adj/n.masc	skillful; smith, craftsman	RPN
	fabrica	n.fem	fabric, workshop	W7
	fabricō, fabricāre, fabricāvī, fabricatus	vb	to make, build, fabricate	W7
Old French:	forge	n.fem	forge	W7
Middle French:	fabrique	n.fem	fabric, workshop	W7
Baltic
Lithuanian:	dabìnti	vb	to adorn, decorate	RPN
Slavic
Old Church Slavonic:	dobrъ	adj	good	LRC
	dobrě	adv	good, well	LRC
Armenian
Armenian:	darbin	n	smith	RPN

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

Abbrev.		Meaning
adj	=	adjective
adv	=	adverb(ial)
fem	=	feminine (gender)
masc	=	masculine (gender)
n	=	noun
trans	=	transitive
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
RPN	=	Allan R. Bomhard: Reconstructing Proto-Nostratic (2002)
TLL	=	Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944)
W7	=	Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963)

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