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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: trē̆b-, trōb-, tr_eb-, or trəb-, tr̥b- 'building, dwelling'

Semantic Field: House

Indo-European Reflexes:

Family/Language	Reflex(es)	PoS/Gram.	Gloss	Source(s)
English
Old English:	þorp/þrop	n.masc	thorp	W7
Middle English:	thorp	n	thorp	W7
	trave	n	trave	W7
English:	architrave	n	entablature resting on capital of column	AHD/W7
	dorp	n	thorp	AHD/W7
	thorp	n	hamlet, village	AHD/W7
	trabeated	adj	designed/constructed of horizontal beams/lintels	AHD/W7
	trabecula	n	small bar/rod/fiber bundle/septal membrane in body part/organ	AHD/W7
	trave	n	traverse beam	AHD/W7
W-Germanic
Old Frisian:	thorp/therp	n.masc	thorp	ASD
Middle Dutch:	dorp	n	dorp	W7
Dutch:	dorp	n.masc	dorp	ASD
Old Low German:	thorp/tharp	n.masc	thorp	ASD
Old High German:	dorf	n.masc	dorp, farm, town	W7/ASD
German:	Dorf	n.neut	village	LRC
N-Germanic
Icelandic:	þorp	n.masc	thorp	ASD
E-Germanic
Gothic:	þaurp	n.masc	thorp	ASD
Italic
Old Latin:	trabēs	n.fem	trave	W7
Latin:	trabecula	n.fem.dim	little trave	W7
	trabs	n.fem	trave	W7
New Latin:	trabecula	n.fem	trabecula	W7
Old French:	architrave	n	architrave	AHD
Middle French:	architrave	n.fem	trave, architrave	W7
	trave	n.fem	trave	W7
French:	architrave	n	architrave	CDC
Old Italian:	architrave	n.masc	trave, architrave	W7
	trave	n.masc	trave	W7
Italian:	arcitrave	n	architrave	CDC

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

Abbrev.		Meaning
adj	=	adjective
dim	=	diminutive
fem	=	feminine (gender)
masc	=	masculine (gender)
n	=	noun
neut	=	neuter (gender)

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)
CDC	=	W.D. Whitney and B.E. Smith: The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia (1889-1911)
LRC	=	Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin
W7	=	Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963)

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