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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. stel-, stelə- 'to dilate, broaden, stretch out; broad'

Semantic Fields: Wide, Broad; to Stretch

Indo-European Reflexes:

Family/Language	Reflex(es)	PoS/Gram.	Gloss	Source(s)
English
Middle English:	dilaten	vb	to dilate	W7
	latitude	n	latitude	W7
English:	dilate	vb	to widen, broaden	AHD/W7
	lame	n	lamina, thin plate of metal	AHD/W7
	lamella	n	thin flat scale/part	AHD/W7
	lateral	adj/n	(re:) side, flank	W7
	laterally	adv	sideways	LRC
	latitude	n	width, side-to-side extent/distance	AHD/W7
	omelet	n	eggs beaten/cooked with other ingredients	AHD/W7
Italic
Latin:	dīlāto, dīlātare	vb	to dilate, spread wide	W7
	lamella	n.fem.dim	small blade, little plate	W7
	lamina	n.fem	blade, thin plate	W7
	laterālis	adj	lateral	W7
	latitudo, latitudinis	n.fem	width, breadth	W7
	Latium, Latii	prop.n.neut	Latium	LRC
	lātus, lāta, lātum	adj	wide, broad	ELD
	latus, latēris	n.neut	lateral	ELD
New Latin:	lamella	n.fem	lamella	W7
Portuguese:	lado	n	lateral	TLL
Spanish:	lado	n	lateral	TLL
Middle French:	alumelle	n.fem	knife blade	W7
	dilater	vb	to dilate	W7
	lame	n.fem	blade, wave	W7
French:	omelette	n.fem	omelet	W7
Armenian
Armenian:	layn	adj	wide	W7/HH

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

Abbrev.		Meaning
adj	=	adjective
adv	=	adverb(ial)
dim	=	diminutive
fem	=	feminine (gender)
n	=	noun
neut	=	neuter (gender)
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)
ELD	=	Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary (1999)
HH	=	Heinrich Hübschmann: Armenische Grammatik (1897)
LRC	=	Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin
TLL	=	Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944)
W7	=	Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963)

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