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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. sal- 'gray, dirty, sallow'

Semantic Fields: White; Light in Color; Dirty, Soiled

Indo-European Reflexes:

Family/Language	Reflex(es)	PoS/Gram.	Gloss	Source(s)
English
Old English:	salu	adj	sallow, dusky	W7
	sealh/salig	n.masc	sallow, willow	ASD
Middle English:	sallow	n	sallow	W7
	salowe	adj	sallow	W7
English:	salicin	n	bitter white crystalline glucoside like salicylic acid	AHD/W7
	saliva	n	spittle	LRC
	sallow	adj	grayish/greenish yellow in color	AHD/W7
	sallow	n	selly: broad-leaved Old World willow	AHD/W7
	sialadenitis	n	salivary gland inflammation	AHD
W-Germanic
Old High German:	sal(a)ha	n.fem	sallow, willow	W7/ASD
	salo	adj	sallow, murky	W7
German:	Sahl-weide	n	sallow	ASD
N-Germanic
Icelandic:	selga	n.fem	sallow, willow	ASD
	sölr	adj	sallow, yellow	ASD
Italic
Latin:	salīva	n.fem	spittle, saliva	W7/ELD
	salix, salicis	n.fem	willow	W7
French:	salicine	n.fem	substance found in sap of poplars/willows	W7
Hellenic
Greek:	σίαλον	n	spittle, saliva	ELD

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

Abbrev.		Meaning
adj	=	adjective
fem	=	feminine (gender)
masc	=	masculine (gender)
n	=	noun

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)
ELD	=	Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary (1999)
LRC	=	Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin
W7	=	Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963)

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