Multilingual etymological dictionary
These are the uncensored data from the vocab creating software ‘Neogrammarian’.
afo
al‑
albw‑
alg‑
alggh‑
algghw‑
- Gloss: ‘little, dear [term of endearment]’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: cause/motive for effect/purpose
- Ancestor: PLem *algghw‑
- Descendant
- MLem algjw‑yr
alt‑
- Gloss: ‘heavy’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *als‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem alt‑yr
alxw‑
- Gloss: ‘green’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: cause/motive for effect/purpose
- Ancestor: PLem *alxw‑
- Descendant
- MLem alxw‑yr
angw‑
ankfr‑
- Gloss: ‘idle’
- Connotation
- Metaphor (pejorative & weakening, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *ankfr‑
- Descendant
- MLem ankfr‑yr
anw‑
- Gloss: ‘new, unfamiliar’
- Connotations
- Metonymy: cause/motive for effect/purpose
- Weakening narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *anw‑
- Descendant
- OLem n‑anw‑
ardz‑
arg‑
arzg‑
axr‑
bark‑
blu‑
blürdz‑
- Gloss: ‘shout, curse’
- Connotation
- Factive narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *blu‑wardz‑
- Descendant
- MLem blUrdz‑a
bwimbī‑
- Gloss: ‘fear [noun]’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *bwembī‑
- Descendant
- MLem bwimbii‑yr
bwyrgjent‑
- Gloss: ‘the High One (Goddess of spring)’
- Connotations
- Unsupported ending! Use root for verbs.
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *bwargjent‑
- Descendants
- MLem bwyrgjent‑yr
- NLem bwyrgjent‑a
bybil‑
- Gloss: ‘blessed’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *babil‑
- Descendant
- MLem bybil‑a
çtöü‑
- Gloss: ‘eight’
- Connotation
- Local narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *oçtōw
- Irregularity: inflected form
- Descendant
- MLem xtOU‑yl
daçt‑
- Gloss: ‘must’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *daçs‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem daxt‑a
dalh‑
damk‑
- Gloss: ‘build; brick’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *damx‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem damk‑yr
dans‑
dap‑
- Gloss: ‘flour’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *daf‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendants
darnggh‑
darw‑
- Gloss: ‘dance’
- Connotations
- Metonymy: cause/motive for effect/purpose
- Weakening narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *darw‑
- Descendants
- OLem mindu‑darw‑
- MLem darw‑a
demt‑
- Gloss: ‘see’
- Connotations
- Metonymy (weakening, hardening, concretising)
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *dems‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem demt‑a
dēthur‑
- Gloss: ‘shiny, yellow’
- Connotations
- Metonymy: message for sender
- Metonymy: place for cause/motive (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *dēthor‑
- Descendant
- MLem deequr‑yr
didhh‑
dish‑
- Gloss: ‘ten’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *deshamt
- Irregularity: inflected form
- Descendant
- MLem dih‑yl
djei‑
- Gloss: ‘day’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: cause/motive for effect/purpose
- Ancestor: PLem *djēw‑
- Descendant
- MLem djei‑yr
djeipysir‑
- Gloss: ‘Father Sky’
- Connotations
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *djēw‑paser‑
- Descendants
- MLem djeipys‑yr
- NLem djeipysir‑a
djēmyn‑
- Gloss: ‘idea’
- Connotations
- Weakening narrowing
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *djāman‑
- Descendant
- MLem djeemyn‑yr
dluhw‑
- Gloss: ‘tasty’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: cause/motive for effect/purpose
- Ancestor: PLem *dluhw‑
- Descendant
- MLem dluxw‑yr
dou‑
dö‑
dömyn‑
- Gloss: ‘bowl’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *dōman‑
- Descendant
- MLem dOOmyn‑yr
drep‑
- Gloss: ‘tear, bite off [especially said of small animals]’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *dref‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem drep‑ir
drnu‑
duh‑
duru‑
- Gloss: ‘wood (material)’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: place for cause/motive (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *doru‑
- Descendants
durul‑
- Gloss: ‘bush’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: place for cause/motive (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *dorul‑
- Descendant
- MLem durul‑yr
duru‑zd‑
- Gloss: ‘stool, chair, lit. wooden seat’
- Constituents: OLem duru‑ + zd‑
- Variant: compound
- Descendant
- MLem duruzd‑yr
dw‑
- Gloss: ‘move about’
- Connotations
- Melioration narrowing
- Metaphor (melioration, abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *dw‑
- Descendants
dwant‑
- Gloss: ‘shatter’
- Connotations
- Weakening narrowing
- Softening narrowing
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *dwans‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem dwant‑a
dwarnh‑
- Gloss: ‘marry’
- Connotation
- Metaphor (melioration, abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *dwarnh‑
- Descendant
- MLem dwarn‑a
dwarnw‑
- Gloss: ‘excite joyfully, fill with enthusiasm’
- Connotation
- Metaphor (melioration, abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *dwarnw‑
- Descendant
- MLem dwarnw‑yr
dwa‑xner‑
- Gloss: ‘nomad’
- Constituents: OLem dw‑ + xner‑
- Variant: compound
- Descendant
- MLem dwaxner‑ar
dwijēm‑
- Gloss: ‘twin’
- Ancestor: PLem *dwi‑jēm‑
- Descendant
- MLem dwijeem‑yr
dwor‑
- Gloss: ‘pasture gate’
- Connotation
- Weakening narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *dwor‑
- Descendants
dwö‑
dyngwē‑
- Gloss: ‘tongue’
- Connotations
- Weakening narrowing
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *dangwā‑
- Descendant
- MLem dyngwee‑yr
dyrkter‑
- Gloss: ‘finger’
- Connotations
- Weakening narrowing
- Metaphor (pejorative, abstracting)
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *darkter‑
- Descendants
- OLem dyrkter‑hengj‑
- MLem dyrkter‑yr
dyrkter‑hengj‑
- Gloss: ‘thimble’
- Constituents: OLem dyrkter‑ + hengj‑
- Variant: endocentric compound (tatpurusha)
- Descendant
- MLem dyrkterengj‑yr
dzi‑
- Gloss: ‘god’
- Irregularity: back-formation of Mother Earth’s (…) and the Seedputter’s (…) names
- Descendant
- NLem dzi‑a
dzingmēsir‑
- Gloss: ‘Mother Earth’
- Connotations
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *dzeng‑māser‑
- Descendants
- MLem dzingmees‑yr
- NLem dzingmesir‑a
dzingom‑
- Gloss: ‘soil’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *dzengom‑
- Descendant
- MLem dzingom‑yr
dzingswidh‑
- Gloss: ‘mole, mole hill’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *dzeng‑swidh‑
- Descendant
- MLem dzingswiv‑yr
dziskont‑
- Gloss: ‘Seedputter (the God of agriculture)’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *dzeskont‑
- Descendants
- MLem dziskont‑yr
- NLem dziskont‑a
dhembw‑
- Gloss: ‘be astonished’
- Connotations
- Pejorative narrowing
- Totum pro parte (strong whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *dzembw‑
- Descendant
- MLem vembw‑a
dhengw‑
- Gloss: ‘make fire’
- Connotations
- Pejorative narrowing
- Totum pro parte (strong whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *dzengw‑
- Descendant
- MLem vengw‑yr
dher‑
- Gloss: ‘balk, stall, hinder’
- Connotations
- Pejorative narrowing
- Totum pro parte (strong whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *dzer‑
- Descendants
dhesk‑
- Gloss: ‘misplace > err’
- Connotations
- Pejorative narrowing
- Totum pro parte (strong whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *dzesk‑
- Descendants
dhing‑
- Gloss: ‘deform’
- Connotations
- Pejorative narrowing
- Totum pro parte (strong whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *dzing‑
- Descendant
- MLem zing‑a
dhī‑
- Gloss: ‘choose’
- Connotations
- Pejorative narrowing
- Totum pro parte (strong whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *dzī‑
- Descendant
- MLem vii‑a
dhībwyr‑
- Gloss: ‘fascinate’
- Connotations
- Pejorative narrowing
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Totum pro parte (strong whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *dzī‑bwar‑
- Descendant
- MLem viibwyr‑a
dhont‑
- Gloss: ‘tooth’
- Connotation
- Nominative narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *edhont‑
- Descendants
etht‑
- Gloss: ‘want (something edible) > sweetmeat’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *eths‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem eqt‑yr
fet‑
- Gloss: ‘fast’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *fesh‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem fet‑yr
fifing‑
fis‑
fler‑
- Gloss: ‘blue’
- Connotations
- Metaphor (pejorative & weakening, concretising)
- Melioration narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *pfler‑
- Descendant
- MLem fler‑yr
flor‑
- Gloss: ‘blue’
- Connotations
- Metaphor (pejorative & weakening, concretising)
- Melioration narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *pflor‑
fmink‑
- Gloss: ‘spill’
- Connotations
- Strengthening narrowing
- Metaphor (pejorative, abstracting)
- Melioration narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *fmink‑
- Descendant
- MLem fmink‑a
fna‑
fnat‑
- Gloss: ‘yearn’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *fnas‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem fnat‑a
fnomb‑
föpysir‑
- Gloss: ‘Father Midwinter’
- Connotations
- Metonymy: place for place
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *foɦ‑paser‑
- Descendants
fös‑
- Gloss: ‘mouth’
- Ancestor: PLem *fōs‑
- Descendants
- OLem lingj‑fös‑
- MLem fOOs‑yr
frenk‑
- Gloss: ‘fruit’
- Connotations
- Metaphor (pejorative & weakening, concretising)
- Melioration narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *pfrenk‑
- Descendant
- MLem frenk‑a
frēkur‑
- Gloss: ‘Brother (in) War’
- Connotations
- Melioration narrowing
- Metonymy: place for cause/motive (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *pfrā‑kor‑
- Descendants
- MLem freekur‑yr
- NLem frekur‑a
frēm‑
- Gloss: ‘move aimlessly’
- Connotations
- Metaphor (pejorative & weakening, concretising)
- Melioration narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *pfrēm‑
- Descendant
- MLem freem‑a
frēsir‑
- Gloss: ‘uncle (father’s brother)’
- Connotations
- Metaphor (pejorative & weakening, concretising)
- Melioration narrowing
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *pfrāser‑
- Descendant
- MLem frees‑yr
frīn‑
fruh‑
- Gloss: ‘astonish’
- Connotations
- Metaphor (pejorative & weakening, concretising)
- Melioration narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *pfruh‑
- Descendant
- MLem frux‑a
frunk‑
furon‑
- Gloss: ‘daring’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: place for cause/motive (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *foron‑
- Descendant
- MLem furon‑yr
furor‑
- Gloss: ‘tree’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: place for cause/motive (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *foror‑
- Descendant
- MLem furor‑yr
fxurm‑
- Gloss: ‘dragon’
- Ancestor: PLem *fxurm‑
- Descendants
- OLem fxurm‑pēsk‑
- MLem fxurm‑yr
fxurm‑pēsk‑
- Gloss: ‘(white?) shark’
- Constituents: OLem fxurm‑ + pēsk‑
- Variant: compound
- Descendant
- MLem fxurmpeesk‑yr
gar‑
garbw‑
garxn‑
gēr‑
gēxmyn‑
- Gloss: ‘servant’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *gewxman‑
- Descendant
- MLem geexmyn‑yr
ginhman‑
- Gloss: ‘offspring, seed’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *genhman‑
- Descendant
- MLem genman‑yr
gizhanh‑
gjingung‑
- Gloss: ‘cuckoo’s egg > harmless trickery, cheating’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *gjengung‑
- Descendant
- MLem gjingung‑a
gjisor‑
- Gloss: ‘welcome, show respect’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *gjesor‑
- Descendant
- MLem gjisor‑a
gmru‑
- Gloss: ‘warm’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (weakening, hardening, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *gmru‑
- Descendant
- MLem gmru‑yr
gunu‑
- Gloss: ‘corner’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: place for cause/motive (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *gonu‑
- Descendant
- MLem gunu‑yr
guxl‑
gümin‑
- Gloss: ‘prayer, invocation’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *gūmen‑
- Descendant
- MLem gUmin‑a
gw‑
- Gloss: ‘someone, anyone’
- Connotation
- Metaphor (melioration, abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *gw‑
- Descendant
- MLem gw‑yr
gwalh‑
gwalnh‑
gwalp‑
- Gloss: ‘cup’
- Connotation
- Metaphor (melioration, abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *gwalp‑
- Descendant
- MLem gwalp‑yr
gwas‑
- Gloss: ‘cheese’
- Connotation
- Metaphor (melioration, abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *gwas‑
- Descendant
- MLem gwas‑yr
gweml‑
- Gloss: ‘wheel, circle’
- Connotations
- Metonymy (weakening, hardening, concretising)
- Metaphor (melioration, abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *gweml‑
- Descendant
- MLem gweml‑yr
gwen‑
gwer‑
- Gloss: ‘cut’
- Connotation
- Metaphor (melioration, abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *gwer‑
- Descendant
- MLem gwer‑a
gweshsh‑
- Gloss: ‘trick’
- Connotations
- Time for material/colour/sound/smell
- Totum pro parte (weak whole)
- Ancestor: PWald *gvéšš‑a
- Descendant
- MLem gwehh‑a
gwet‑
- Gloss: ‘teach’
- Connotations
- Metaphor (melioration, abstracting)
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *gwesh‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem gwet‑a
gwēl‑
gwiru‑
- Gloss: ‘skewer, spear’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *gweru‑
- Descendant
- MLem gwiru‑yr
gwisk‑
- Gloss: ‘(be) careful’
- Connotation
- Metaphor (melioration, abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *gwisk‑
- Descendant
- MLem gwisk‑ar
gwith‑
- Gloss: ‘four’
- Connotations
- Metaphor (melioration, abstracting)
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *gwethwores
- Irregularity: inflected form
- Descendant
- MLem gwiq‑yl
gwī‑
gwī‑blu‑
- Gloss: ‘be well, healthy, in good shape’
- Constituents: OLem gwī‑ + blu‑
- Variant: compound
- Descendant
- MLem gwiiblu‑a
gwon‑
- Gloss: ‘eager’
- Connotation
- Metaphor (melioration, abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *gwon‑
- Descendants
- OLem krei‑gwon‑
- MLem gwon‑ar
gword‑
gwou‑
gwöl‑
- Gloss: ‘neck’
- Connotation
- Metaphor (melioration, abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *gwōl‑
- Descendant
- MLem gwOOl‑yr
gyrter‑
- Gloss: ‘rooster’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *garter‑
- Descendant
- MLem gyrter‑yr
ghand‑
gharj‑
ghenb‑
- Gloss: ‘seize and put into one’s bag (?)’
- Connotation
- Pejorative narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *gghenb‑
- Descendant
- MLem Renb‑yr
ghēg‑
- Gloss: ‘soul’
- Connotations
- Softening narrowing
- Pejorative narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *gghewg‑
- Descendant
- MLem Reeg‑yr
ghostxj‑
- Gloss: ‘strange lands’
- Connotations
- Metonymy: content for container
- Pejorative narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *gghostxj‑
- Descendants
ghozw‑
- Gloss: ‘road, street’
- Connotation
- Pejorative narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *gghozw‑
- Descendant
- MLem Rozw‑yr
hangwnj‑
- Gloss: ‘hearth’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: content for container
- Ancestor: PLem *hangwnj‑
- Descendant
- MLem angwnj‑yr
hargw‑
harsk‑
hart‑
- Gloss: ‘blood’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *hars‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem art‑yr
hedh‑
hefi
hem‑
hen
hengj‑
- Gloss: ‘protection, armour’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: content for container
- Ancestor: PLem *hengj‑
- Descendants
- OLem dyrkter‑hengj‑
- MLem engj‑yr
heshw‑
hethdj‑
- Gloss: ‘host’
- Connotations
- Strengthening narrowing
- Metonymy: content for container
- Metaphor (melioration, abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *hethdj‑
- Descendant
- MLem eqdj‑ar
hezhö‑
- Gloss: ‘person, individual’
- Ancestor: PLem *hezhō
- Irregularity: inflected form
- Descendants
- OLem lēh‑hezhö‑
- MLem ecOO‑yr
hē
hēnd‑
- Gloss: ‘say’
- Ancestor: PLem *hēnd‑
- Descendants
- OLem lizh‑hēnd‑
- MLem eend‑a
hēngw‑
hilem‑
- Gloss: ‘mountain elm’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *helem‑
- Descendant
- MLem ilem‑yr
hisxar‑
- Gloss: ‘vitality’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *hesxar‑
- Descendant
- MLem isxar‑yr
hishwtrē‑
- Gloss: ‘herd’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *heshw‑trew‑
- Descendant
- MLem ihwtree‑yr
hlangmr‑
- Gloss: ‘dragonfly’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (weakening, hardening, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *hlangmr‑
- Descendant
- MLem langmr‑yr
hnē‑
- Gloss: ‘nine’
- Connotation
- Factive narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *hnewan
- Irregularity: inflected form
- Descendant
- MLem nee‑yl
hnuman‑
- Gloss: ‘name’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: place for cause/motive (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *hnoman‑
- Descendant
- MLem numan‑yr
hol‑
höm‑
hön‑
- Gloss: ‘single, alone’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: place for place
- Ancestor: PLem *hōn‑
- Descendant
- MLem OOn‑yr
hönkyrt‑
- Gloss: ‘Lone Runner (the God of trade)’
- Connotations
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *hōn‑kars‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendants
- MLem OOnkyrt‑ar
- NLem Onkyrt‑a
hör‑
hrē‑
hrēdmyn‑
- Gloss: ‘rust, meteorite iron?’
- Connotations
- Softening narrowing
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *hrewdman‑
- Descendant
- MLem reedmyn‑yr
hrink‑
hrundr‑
hsuzömyn‑
- Gloss: ‘good gift [either referring to an area of land or to a good person]’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *hsuzōman‑
- Descendant
- MLem suzOOmyn‑ar
huh‑
- Gloss: ‘be comfortable with, love’
- Ancestor: PLem *huh‑
huhsor‑
huhtrē‑
- Gloss: ‘home’
- Ancestor: PLem *huh‑trew‑
- Descendant
- MLem uxtree‑yr
husw‑
- Gloss: ‘enjoyable’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: cause/motive for effect/purpose
- Ancestor: PLem *husw‑
- Descendant
- MLem usw‑a
hwarhw‑
- Gloss: ‘free’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: cause/motive for effect/purpose
- Ancestor: PLem *hwarhw‑
- Descendant
- MLem warw‑yr
hwihung‑
- Gloss: ‘speak solemnly’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *hwehung‑
- Descendant
- MLem wixung‑a
hwont‑
- Gloss: ‘eye’
- Connotation
- Local narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *ohwont‑
- Descendant
- OLem lingj‑hwont‑
hyrkant‑
- Gloss: ‘crippled’
- Connotations
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *harkans‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem yrkant‑yr
hyrsen‑
- Gloss: ‘male’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *harsen‑
- Descendant
- MLem yrsen‑yr
ī‑
j‑
jei‑
jek‑
- Gloss: ‘mouth, oral cavity’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *jex‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem jek‑yr
jenj‑
jesl‑
jēhē‑
jēm‑
- Gloss: ‘ice’
- Connotations
- Metonymy: message for sender
- Pejorative narrowing
- Local narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *gjēom‑
- Descendant
- MLem jeem‑yr
jēs‑
- Gloss: ‘thick soup’
- Connotation
- Strengthening narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *jews‑
- Descendant
- MLem jees‑yr
jēt‑
- Gloss: ‘call, rouse’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *jews‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem jeet‑a
jēxwyr‑
- Gloss: ‘bile’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *jēxwar‑
- Descendant
- MLem jeexw‑yr
jihar‑
- Gloss: ‘year’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *jehar‑
- Descendant
- MLem jixar‑yr
jinggh‑
jinxter‑
- Gloss: ‘brother-in-law’s wife’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *jenxter‑
- Descendant
- MLem jinxter‑yr
jork‑
jüpīf‑
- Gloss: ‘a foreign people’
- Ancestor: PLem *jū‑piwf‑
- Descendants
- MLem jUpiif‑yr
- PWald *iuphī́f‑as
jür‑
- Gloss: ‘worm’
- Connotations
- Pejorative narrowing
- Nominative narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *gjuwer‑
- Descendant
- MLem jUr‑yr
kafk‑
kafr‑
kalp‑
kan‑
karst‑
kart‑
- Gloss: ‘hunt’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *kars‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem kart‑a
karxn‑
kazw‑
- Gloss: ‘troubled’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: cause/motive for effect/purpose
- Ancestor: PLem *kazw‑
- Descendant
- MLem kazw‑yr
keghggh‑
kei‑
kerd‑
kes‑
kes‑müs‑
- Gloss: ‘squirrel’
- Constituents: OLem kes‑ + müs‑
- Variant: clarifying compound
- Descendant
- MLem kesmUs‑yr
kēhk‑
- Gloss: ‘regret’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *kāhx‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem keexk‑a
kēm‑
kfrar‑
- Gloss: ‘important’
- Connotation
- Metaphor (pejorative & weakening, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *kfrar‑
- Descendant
- MLem kfrar‑yr
kfrend‑
- Gloss: ‘claim, insist’
- Connotation
- Metaphor (pejorative & weakening, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *kfrend‑
- Descendant
- MLem kfrend‑a
kiras‑
- Gloss: ‘sweet cherry (fruit)’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *keras‑
- Descendant
- MLem keras‑yr
kisman‑
- Gloss: ‘tail’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *kesman‑
- Descendant
- MLem kesman‑yr
kishidh‑
- Gloss: ‘call’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *keshidh‑
- Descendant
- MLem kehev‑a
knē‑
knogh‑
kom
kom‑hem‑
konggh‑
- Gloss: ‘shell, mussel’
- Ancestor: PLem *konggh‑
- Descendants
- OLem rep‑konggh‑
- PWald *khóng‑a
korj‑
krei‑
- Gloss: ‘blood (outside the body)’
- Ancestor: PLem *krēw‑
- Descendants
- OLem krei‑gwon‑
- MLem krei‑yr
krei‑gwon‑
- Gloss: ‘bloodthirsty’
- Constituents: OLem krei‑ + gwon‑
- Variant: endocentric compound (tatpurusha)
- Descendant
- MLem kreigwon‑ar
krixrü‑
krne‑
ksef‑
- Gloss: ‘shadow, shade’
- Connotation
- Weakening narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *ksef‑
- Descendant
- MLem ksef‑yr
ksr‑
kt‑
- Gloss: ‘harrow’ > (also) ‘dig’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *ks‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem kt‑a
kuhw‑
- Gloss: ‘tuber, truffle?’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: cause/motive for effect/purpose
- Ancestor: PLem *kuhw‑
- Descendant
- MLem kuxw‑yr
kuhwar‑
- Gloss: ‘faeces’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: place for cause/motive (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *kohwar‑
- Descendant
- MLem kuxwar‑yr
kuku‑
- Gloss: ‘cuckoo’
- Irregularity: onomatopoetic
- Descendant
- MLem kuku‑yr
kundr‑
kurtrē‑
- Gloss: ‘war’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: place for cause/motive (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *kor‑trew‑
- Descendants
- OLem kurtrē‑müs‑
- MLem kurtree‑yr
kurtrē‑müs‑
- Gloss: ‘rat’
- Constituents: OLem kurtrē‑ + müs‑
- Variant: compound
- Descendant
- MLem kurtreemUs‑yr
kuzt‑
- Gloss: ‘weep’
- Connotations
- Weakening narrowing
- Metaphor (pejorative, abstracting)
- Strengthening narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *kuzt‑
- Descendant
- MLem kuzt‑a
kxynö‑
- Gloss: ‘gosling’
- Connotations
- Weakening narrowing
- Metaphor (pejorative, abstracting)
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *kxanō‑
- Descendant
- MLem kxynOO‑yr
kyfus‑
- Gloss: ‘brain’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *kafus‑
- Descendant
- MLem kyfus‑yr
lei‑
lek‑
- Gloss: ‘jump’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *lex‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem lek‑a
lew‑
- Gloss: ‘lion’
- Connotation
- Proto-Indo-European > Early Hellenic not finished yet!
- Ancestor: EHell *leũ‑on
- Descendant
- MLem lew‑yr
lēb‑
- Gloss: ‘fascinate, charm’
- Connotation
- Softening narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *lewb‑
- Descendant
- MLem leeb‑ar
lēh‑
- Gloss: ‘shine’
- Ancestor: PLem *lewh‑
- Descendants
- OLem lēh‑hezhö‑
- MLem leex‑a
lēh‑hezhö‑
- Gloss: ‘fairy’
- Constituents: OLem lēh‑ + hezhö‑
- Variant: compound
- Descendant
- MLem leexecOO‑yr
lēmin‑
- Gloss: ‘Lemizh’
- Connotations
- Metonymy: message for sender
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *lēmen‑
- Descendants
lēng‑
- Gloss: ‘spoon’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: message for sender
- Ancestor: PLem *lēng‑
- Descendant
- MLem leeng‑yr
lēr‑
lēth‑
lingj‑
- Gloss: ‘house’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: content for container
- Ancestor: PLem *lingj‑
- Descendants
- OLem lingj‑fös‑
- OLem lingj‑hwont‑
- MLem lingj‑a
lingj‑fös‑
- Gloss: ‘portal, front door’
- Constituents: OLem lingj‑ + fös‑
- Variant: endocentric compound (tatpurusha)
- Descendant
- MLem lingjfOOs‑yr
lingj‑hwont‑
- Gloss: ‘window’
- Constituents: OLem lingj‑ + hwont‑
- Variant: endocentric compound (tatpurusha)
- Descendant
- MLem lingjwont‑yr
lint‑
lithk‑
lizh‑
- Gloss: ‘bind’
- Ancestor: PLem *lizh‑
- Descendant
- OLem lizh‑hēnd‑
lizh‑hēnd‑
- Gloss: ‘conclude (a speech)’
- Constituents: OLem lizh‑ + hēnd‑
- Variant: compound
- Descendant
- MLem liceend‑yr
līn‑
lohw‑
- Gloss: ‘temple’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: cause/motive for effect/purpose
- Ancestor: PLem *lohw‑
- Descendant
- MLem loxw‑yr
lufr‑
lufw‑
- Gloss: ‘clean’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: cause/motive for effect/purpose
- Ancestor: PLem *lufw‑
- Descendant
- MLem lufw‑yr
luhsj‑
- Gloss: ‘lynx’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: content for container
- Ancestor: PLem *luhsj‑
- Descendant
- MLem luxsj‑yr
lumb‑
lung‑
malngw‑
- Gloss: ‘hinder, restrain’
- Connotation
- Metaphor (melioration, abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *malngw‑
- Descendant
- MLem malngw‑a
maltk‑
manw‑
margjw‑
- Gloss: ‘short-tempered’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: cause/motive for effect/purpose
- Ancestor: PLem *margjw‑
- Descendant
- MLem margjw‑yr
marnk‑
- Gloss: ‘something to be squashed > insect, pest’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *marnx‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem marnk‑yr
mazd‑
medh‑
mezhk‑
- Gloss: ‘large’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *mezhx‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem mec‑yr
mē‑
- Gloss: ‘change [intr.]’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: message for sender
- Ancestor: PLem *mē‑
- Descendant
- MLem mee‑a
mēçk‑
- Gloss: ‘lie’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *māçx‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem meexk‑a
mēm‑
mēsir‑
- Gloss: ‘child (of someone)’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *māser‑
- Descendant
- MLem mees‑yr
mēsur‑
- Gloss: ‘fly’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: place for cause/motive (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *mew‑sor‑
- Descendant
- MLem meesur‑yr
mifont‑
milidh‑
- Gloss: ‘sweet’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *melidh‑
- Descendants
milidhhedh‑
- Gloss: ‘bear’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *melidh‑hedh‑
- Descendant
- MLem milivev‑yr
mimalk‑
- Gloss: ‘crush, separate’
- Connotations
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *memalx‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem mimal‑yl
mindu‑
- Gloss: ‘mead’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *mendu‑
- Descendants
- OLem mindu‑darw‑
- MLem mindu‑yr
mindu‑darw‑
- Gloss: ‘gather for entertainment, lit. drink mead and dance (?)’
- Constituents: OLem mindu‑ + darw‑
- Variant: compound
- Descendant
- MLem mindudarw‑a
minesw‑
- Gloss: ‘Goddess of wisdom’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *menesw‑
- Descendants
mishk‑
mishkont‑
- Gloss: ‘healer (one mixing potions)’
- Connotation
- Strengthening narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *mishkont‑
- Descendant
- MLem mihkont‑ar
mit‑
- Gloss: ‘awake’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *mis‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem mit‑a
mithk‑
- Gloss: ‘send someone on a quest, give someone an opportunity’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *mithx‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem miqk‑a
mithxpeir‑
- Gloss: ‘star’
- Connotation
- Factive narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *mithx‑pāwar‑
- Descendant
- MLem miqxpe‑ar
mizdz‑
mizt‑
- Gloss: ‘reward’
- Connotations
- Weakening narrowing
- Metaphor (pejorative, abstracting)
- Strengthening narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *mizt‑
- Descendant
- MLem mizt‑yr
mlēxmyn‑
- Gloss: ‘thing spoken’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *mlewxman‑
- Descendant
- MLem mleexmyn‑yr
mnask‑
morwj‑
- Gloss: ‘anthill’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: content for container
- Ancestor: PLem *morwj‑
- Descendant
- MLem morwj‑yr
mö‑
- Gloss: ‘fleece (?)’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: place for place
- Ancestor: PLem *mō‑
- Descendant
- OLem wer‑mö‑
muri‑
- Gloss: ‘sea’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: place for cause/motive (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *mori‑
- Descendant
- MLem muri‑yr
musanh‑
müs‑
- Gloss: ‘mouse’
- Ancestor: PLem *mūs‑
- Descendants
- OLem kes‑müs‑
- OLem kurtrē‑müs‑
- MLem mUs‑yr
namr‑
n‑anw‑
nas‑
ne‑
nem‑
nemb‑
nēnī‑
- Gloss: ‘run’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: message for sender
- Ancestor: PLem *nēnī‑
- Descendant
- MLem neenii‑a
nēz‑
nēz‑dwor‑
- Gloss: ‘become acquainted, get to know’
- Constituents: OLem nēz‑ + dwor‑
- Variant: compound
- Descendant
- MLem neezdwor‑a
nifos‑
- Gloss: ‘ancestor [sic]’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *nefos‑
- Descendant
- MLem nefos‑yr
nifton‑
- Gloss: ‘Nephew of the Waters’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *nefton‑
- Descendants
- MLem nefton‑yr
- NLem nifton‑a
- PWald *nifthón‑as
nighwas‑
- Gloss: ‘tired’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *neghwas‑
- Descendant
- MLem neRwas‑yr
nizd‑
nuhwat‑
- Gloss: ‘night’
- Connotations
- Metonymy: place for cause/motive (abstracting)
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *nohwas‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem nuxwat‑yr
ö
- Gloss: ‘oh!’
- Ancestor: PLem *ō
palw‑
palx‑
pal‑xouj‑
- Gloss: ‘(flat) pasture land’
- Constituents: OLem palx‑ + xouj‑
- Variant: compound
- Descendant
- MLem palxouj‑yr
pangdj‑
- Gloss: ‘determined, authoritative’
- Connotations
- Weakening narrowing
- Strengthening narrowing
- Metonymy: content for container
- Metaphor (melioration, abstracting)
- Metaphor (melioration, abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *pangdj‑
- Descendant
- MLem pangdj‑ar
park‑
- Gloss: ‘request’
- Connotations
- Strengthening narrowing
- Melioration narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *park‑
- Descendant
- MLem park‑a
parstxj‑
- Gloss: ‘basket’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: content for container
- Ancestor: PLem *parstxj‑
- Descendant
- MLem parstx‑yr
part‑
- Gloss: ‘barely succeed’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *pars‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem part‑a
peri
per‑pifh‑
per‑wer‑
pet‑
- Gloss: ‘correct’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *pesh‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem pet‑yr
pexw‑
pē‑
- Gloss: ‘kind of official, probably of the clergy’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: message for sender
- Ancestor: PLem *pē‑
- Descendants
pēç‑
pē‑dhont‑
- Gloss: ‘straight’
- Constituents: OLem pē‑ + dhont‑
- Variant: compound
- Descendant
- MLem peevont‑yr
pēfil‑
- Gloss: ‘fold’
- Connotations
- Metonymy: message for sender
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *pēfel‑
- Descendant
- MLem peefil‑a
pēsk‑
- Gloss: ‘fish’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: message for sender
- Ancestor: PLem *pēsk‑
- Descendants
- OLem fxurm‑pēsk‑
- MLem peesk‑yr
- PWald *phḗskh‑as
pēthur‑
- Gloss: ‘lark’
- Connotations
- Metonymy: message for sender
- Metonymy: place for cause/motive (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *pēthor‑
- Descendant
- MLem peequr‑yr
pifh‑
pifī‑
pilor‑
- Gloss: ‘copper’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *pelor‑
- Descendant
- MLem pilor‑yr
ping‑
- Gloss: ‘five’
- Connotations
- Metaphor (melioration, abstracting)
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *pengwe
- Irregularity: inflected form
- Descendant
- MLem pin‑yl
pisk‑
pithxar‑
- Gloss: ‘wing’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *pethxar‑
- Descendant
- MLem piqxar‑yr
pī‑
pīp‑
- Gloss: ‘poison’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *piwf‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem piip‑yr
pkueru‑
plethk‑
- Gloss: ‘spread [of diseases, rumours]’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *plethx‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendants
- OLem plethk‑zhü‑
- MLem pleqk‑a
plethk‑zhü‑
- Gloss: ‘rot, mould’
- Constituents: OLem plethk‑ + zhü‑
- Variant: compound
- Descendant
- MLem pleqkcU‑yr
plēm‑
pöz‑
prīn‑
prö
pruont‑
prusank‑
- Gloss: ‘snort, froth’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *prusanx‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem prusank‑a
ptah‑
ptank‑
- Gloss: ‘fly’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *ptanx‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem ptank‑yr
ptarsk‑
- Gloss: ‘sneeze’
- Connotation
- Strengthening narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *ptarsk‑
- Descendant
- MLem ptarsk‑a
pylhmen‑
- Gloss: ‘full’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *palhmen‑
- Descendant
- MLem pylmen‑yr
pylkanh‑
- Gloss: ‘cover, conceal > lock’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *palkanh‑
- Descendant
- MLem pylk‑a
pyrzil‑
- Gloss: ‘iron’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *parzil‑
- Descendant
- MLem pyrzil‑yr
pyser‑
- Gloss: ‘someone’s child, son’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *paser‑
- Descendant
- MLem pyser‑yr
rentk‑
- Gloss: ‘tackle confidently’
- Connotations
- Strengthening narrowing
- Metaphor (pejorative, abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *rentk‑
- Descendant
- MLem rentk‑a
rep‑
- Gloss: ‘creep’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *ref‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- OLem rep‑konggh‑
rep‑konggh‑
- Gloss: ‘tortoise’
- Constituents: OLem rep‑ + konggh‑
- Variant: compound
- Descendants
- MLem repkongj‑ar
- PWald *rephkhóng‑as
ret‑
- Gloss: ‘steer’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *reth‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendants
rethk‑
rös‑
runp‑
sgwal‑
- Gloss: ‘boat’
- Connotation
- Metaphor (melioration, abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *sgwal‑
- Descendants
sjei‑
skarp‑
- Gloss: ‘split, divide, break’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *skarf‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem skarp‑a
skçol‑
skedhk‑
- Gloss: ‘shard’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *skedhx‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem skevk‑yr
skeng‑
skerdz‑
skont‑
skylont‑
- Gloss: ‘compartment’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *skalont‑
- Descendant
- MLem skylont‑yr
slizh‑
slizhman‑
- Gloss: ‘boundary stone’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *slezhman‑
- Descendant
- MLem slicman‑yr
slizhpēfil‑
- Gloss: ‘butterfly’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *slizh‑pēfel‑
- Descendant
- MLem slicpeefil‑yr
smarsk‑
smer‑
smēdh‑
- Gloss: ‘smear’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: message for sender
- Ancestor: PLem *smēdh‑
- Descendant
- MLem smeev‑a
snark‑
snēthyr‑
- Gloss: ‘adder’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *snēthar‑
- Descendant
- MLem sneeq‑ar
sningw‑
snus‑
spalnp‑
- Gloss: ‘disgrace’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *spalnf‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem spalnp‑a
sperdz‑
spnar‑
sr‑
srē‑
- Gloss: ‘rot’
- Connotations
- Metaphor (pejorative & weakening, concretising)
- Metonymy: itself for act
- Melioration narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *tsrā‑
- Descendant
- MLem sree‑a
srēn‑
- Gloss: ‘drone (male bee or wasp)’
- Connotations
- Metaphor (pejorative & weakening, concretising)
- Melioration narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *tsrēn‑
- Descendant
- MLem sreen‑yr
srimb‑
- Gloss: ‘push’
- Connotations
- Metaphor (pejorative & weakening, concretising)
- Melioration narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *tsrimb‑
- Descendant
- MLem srimb‑a
srī‑
- Gloss: ‘drive’
- Connotations
- Metaphor (pejorative & weakening, concretising)
- Melioration narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *tsriw‑
- Descendant
- MLem srii‑a
srumbw‑
- Gloss: ‘few, little’
- Connotations
- Metaphor (pejorative & weakening, concretising)
- Metonymy: cause/motive for effect/purpose
- Melioration narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *tsrumbw‑
- Descendant
- MLem srumbw‑yr
stalgr‑
stayr‑
stelg‑
stētur‑
- Gloss: ‘legend(ary warrior)’
- Connotations
- Strengthening narrowing
- Metonymy: place for cause/motive (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *stewtor‑
- Descendant
- MLem steetur‑ar
stinggh‑
stöng‑
swazw‑
- Gloss: ‘glad’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: cause/motive for effect/purpose
- Ancestor: PLem *swazw‑
- Descendant
- MLem swazw‑yr
swent‑
- Gloss: ‘make believe’
- Connotations
- Metaphor (pejorative, abstracting)
- Strengthening narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *swent‑
- Descendant
- MLem swent‑a
swesh‑
swidh‑
swilor‑
- Gloss: ‘sulfur’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *swelor‑
- Descendant
- MLem swilor‑yr
swisor‑
- Gloss: ‘sibling’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *swesor‑
- Descendant
- MLem swisor‑yr
swishur‑
- Gloss: ‘son-in-law’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *sweshur‑
- Descendant
- MLem swihur‑yr
swylhmen‑
- Gloss: ‘mushroom’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *swalhmen‑
- Descendant
- MLem swylmen‑yr
sxni‑
sxun‑
shalg‑
- Gloss: ‘be hindered’
- Connotation
- Totum pro parte (weak whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *salg‑
- Descendant
- MLem halg‑yr
shamk‑
- Gloss: ‘hand’
- Connotations
- Totum pro parte (weak whole)
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *samx‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem camk‑yr
shand‑
shandz‑
- Gloss: ‘cut, injure’
- Connotation
- Totum pro parte (weak whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *sandz‑
- Descendant
- MLem candz‑ar
shank‑
- Gloss: ‘swim through’
- Connotations
- Totum pro parte (weak whole)
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *sanx‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem cank‑a
shark‑
sharnk‑
- Gloss: ‘clean, tidy’
- Connotation
- Totum pro parte (weak whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *sarnk‑
- Descendants
- MLem harnk‑a
- PWald *šárnkh‑as
sharw‑
- Gloss: ‘work/go smoothly’
- Connotation
- Totum pro parte (weak whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *sarw‑
- Descendant
- MLem harw‑a
shēl‑
shur‑
shü‑
shügjir‑
- Gloss: ‘hedgehog’
- Connotations
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Totum pro parte (weak whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *sū‑gjer‑
- Descendant
- MLem hUgjir‑yr
shünw‑
- Gloss: ‘(young) child’
- Connotations
- Metonymy: cause/motive for effect/purpose
- Totum pro parte (weak whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *sūnw‑
- Descendant
- MLem cUnw‑yr
t‑
taçj‑
talnk‑
- Gloss: ‘burden [tr.]’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *talnx‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem talnk‑a
talp‑
tamnh‑
tank‑
- Gloss: ‘bony’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *tanx‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem tank‑yr
tarfk‑
tarh‑
tarns‑
tart‑
- Gloss: ‘ash’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *tars‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem tart‑yr
tek‑
- Gloss: ‘take into one’s hand(s), grasp’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *tex‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem tek‑a
tethk‑
tēgh‑
tēh‑
tēt‑
- Gloss: ‘people, tribe’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *tews‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem teet‑yr
tkamt‑
tkisk‑
tpolhj‑
- Gloss: ‘fence’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: content for container
- Ancestor: PLem *tpolhj‑
- Descendant
- MLem tpolj‑yr
tpu‑
trē‑
- Gloss: ‘three’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: message for sender
- Ancestor: PLem *trē‑
- Descendant
- MLem tree‑yl
troçk‑
- Gloss: ‘gnaw to pieces’
- Connotation
- Strengthening narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *troçk‑
- Descendant
- MLem troxk‑ar
tüpēsk‑
- Gloss: ‘dolphin’
- Ancestor: PLem *tū‑pēsk‑
- Descendants
- MLem tUpeesk‑yr
- PWald *thuphḗskh‑as
txu‑
- Gloss: ‘doubtful, indecisive’
- Connotation
- Metaphor (pejorative, abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *txu‑
- Descendants
txu‑blu‑
- Gloss: ‘cave’
- Constituents: OLem txu‑ + blu‑
- Variant: exocentric compound (bahuvrihi)
- Descendant
- MLem txublu‑yr
txut‑
- Gloss: ‘silent’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *txus‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem txut‑yr
thel‑
- Gloss: ‘dwell on a land > farm’
- Connotation
- Totum pro parte (weak whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *sel‑
- Descendant
- MLem qel‑a
thelp‑
- Gloss: ‘tar’
- Connotation
- Totum pro parte (weak whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *selp‑
- Descendants
them‑
themxdz‑
- Gloss: ‘(grain of) sand’
- Connotation
- Totum pro parte (weak whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *semxdz‑
- Descendant
- MLem qemxz‑yr
then
- Gloss: ‘far (from)’
- Connotation
- Totum pro parte (weak whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *sen
theng‑
- Gloss: ‘hold, overpower’
- Connotation
- Totum pro parte (weak whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *seng‑
- Descendant
- MLem qeng‑a
thent‑
- Gloss: ‘to smoke (also herbs)’
- Connotations
- Weakening narrowing
- Metaphor (pejorative, abstracting)
- Strengthening narrowing
- Totum pro parte (weak whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *sent‑
- Descendant
- MLem qent‑a
thexk‑
- Gloss: ‘fly, beat one’s wings’
- Connotations
- Strengthening narrowing
- Melioration narrowing
- Totum pro parte (weak whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *sexk‑
- Descendant
- MLem qexk‑a
thēnd‑
- Gloss: ‘order’
- Connotation
- Totum pro parte (weak whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *sēnd‑
- Descendant
- MLem qeend‑a
thift‑
- Gloss: ‘seven’
- Connotations
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Totum pro parte (weak whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *seftam
- Irregularity: inflected form
- Descendant
- MLem qif‑yl
thilpkon‑
- Gloss: ‘soap’
- Connotations
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Totum pro parte (weak whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *selp‑kon‑
- Descendant
- EHell *silkón‑on
thisgw‑
- Gloss: ‘think’
- Connotations
- Metaphor (melioration, abstracting)
- Totum pro parte (weak whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *sisgw‑
- Descendant
- MLem qisgw‑a
thisn‑
- Gloss: ‘winter’
- Connotation
- Totum pro parte (weak whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *sisn‑
- Descendant
- MLem qisn‑yr
uf
ufo
- Gloss: ‘below’
- Ancestor: PLem *ufo
uf‑palx‑
umpk‑
- Gloss: ‘understand’
- Connotations
- Strengthening narrowing
- Metaphor (pejorative, abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *umpk‑
- Descendant
- MLem umpk‑a
ür‑
- Gloss: ‘right [direction]’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: effect/purpose for cause/motive
- Ancestor: PLem *ūr‑
- Descendant
- MLem Ur‑yr
walg‑
walgw‑
- Gloss: ‘dog’
- Connotation
- Metaphor (melioration, abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *walgw‑
- Descendant
- MLem wagw‑yr
war‑
wardz‑
wargr‑
warhk‑
- Gloss: ‘shout’
- Connotation
- Strengthening narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *warhk‑
warkt‑
- Gloss: ‘wait’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *warks‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem warkt‑a
warndzi‑
- Gloss: ‘rice’
- Ancestor: PWald *várnji‑s
- Descendant
- MLem warndzi‑yr
welgj‑
wemb‑
wembrw‑
- Gloss: ‘dam’
- Connotations
- Metonymy: cause/motive for effect/purpose
- Pejorative narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *bwembrw‑
- Descendant
- MLem wembrw‑yr
wer‑
- Gloss: ‘carry, bear’
- Connotation
- Pejorative narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *bwer‑
- Descendants
wergj‑
werht‑
- Gloss: ‘word’
- Connotations
- Weakening narrowing
- Metaphor (pejorative, abstracting)
- Strengthening narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *werht‑
- Descendant
- MLem wert‑yr
wer‑mö‑
wē‑
wē
wē‑dap‑
wēdhmyn‑
- Gloss: ‘disembowel’
- Connotations
- Metonymy: message for sender
- Pejorative narrowing
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *bwēdhman‑
- Descendant
- MLem weevmyn‑a
wēgh‑
- Gloss: ‘a nut tree’
- Connotation
- Pejorative narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *bwāɦ‑
- Descendants
wēgh‑dou‑
- Gloss: ‘branch’
- Constituents: OLem wēgh‑ + dou‑
- Variant: compound
- Descendant
- MLem weeRdou‑yr
wēr‑
- Gloss: ‘male’
- Ancestor: PLem *wēr‑
wēshs‑
- Gloss: ‘meteor’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: message for sender
- Ancestor: PLem *wēshs‑
- Descendant
- MLem weehs‑yr
wimbr‑
wind‑
wirftor‑
- Gloss: ‘heat (human-made)’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: sender for content (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *werftor‑
- Descendant
- MLem wirftor‑yr
withk‑
- Gloss: ‘sway’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *withx‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem wiqk‑a
wīb‑
- Gloss: ‘weave a net; net’
- Connotation
- Softening narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *wiwb‑
- Descendant
- MLem wiib‑yr
wībsur‑
- Gloss: ‘spider’
- Connotations
- Softening narrowing
- Metonymy: place for cause/motive (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *wiwb‑sor‑
- Descendant
- MLem wiibsur‑yr
wīh‑
wīr‑
wīr‑xaf‑
- Gloss: ‘swift stream or river’
- Constituents: OLem wīr‑ + xaf‑
- Variant: compound
- Descendant
- MLem wiirxaf‑a
wogh‑
wronk‑
wusar‑
- Gloss: ‘spring’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: place for cause/motive (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *wosar‑
- Descendant
- MLem wusar‑yr
wuzar‑
- Gloss: ‘rain’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: place for cause/motive (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *wozar‑
- Descendant
- MLem wuzar‑yr
wü‑
- Gloss: ‘stubborn’
- Connotations
- Metonymy: effect/purpose for cause/motive
- Pejorative narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *bwū‑
- Descendant
- MLem wU‑yr
xaçs‑
xaf‑
xaf‑xouj‑
- Gloss: ‘wetland, island’
- Constituents: OLem xaf‑ + xouj‑
- Variant: compound
- Descendant
- MLem xafxouj‑yr
xak‑
- Gloss: ‘sharpen (to a point)’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *xaç‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem xak‑yr
xalj‑
xan‑
- Gloss: ‘goose’
- Connotations
- Weakening narrowing
- Metaphor (pejorative, abstracting)
- Melioration narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *kxan‑
- Descendant
- MLem Ran‑yr
xandz‑
xangwj‑
- Gloss: ‘snake’
- Connotations
- Weakening narrowing
- Metonymy: content for container
- Ancestor: PLem *xangwj‑
- Descendant
- MLem Rangwj‑yr
xanh‑
- Gloss: ‘breathe’
- Ancestor: PLem *xanh‑
xanht‑
xankt‑
- Gloss: ‘force, compel’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *xanks‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem Rankt‑a
xanp‑
- Gloss: ‘shame [tr.] > feel ashamed’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *xanf‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem Ranp‑a
xanxt‑
xargr‑
xarp‑
- Gloss: ‘hook’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *xarf‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem xarp‑yr
xartk‑
xay
xayj‑
- Gloss: ‘bird’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: content for container
- Ancestor: PLem *xawj‑
- Descendant
- MLem xayj‑yr
xayl‑
xayöl‑
xēpöz‑
- Gloss: ‘root’
- Ancestor: PLem *xā‑pōz‑
- Descendant
- MLem xeepOOz‑yr
xēr‑
- Gloss: ‘get up, get to work’
- Connotations
- Metonymy: itself for act
- Factive narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *xār‑
- Descendant
- MLem xeer‑a
xēz‑
xing‑
xisk‑
xīzh‑
xmalg‑
xner‑
xouj‑
- Gloss: ‘pasture’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: content for container
- Ancestor: PLem *xowj‑
- Descendants
xoujfust‑
- Gloss: ‘rock’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: place for cause/motive (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *xowj‑fost‑
- Descendant
- MLem xoujfust‑yr
xöü‑
xöüdrnu‑
- Gloss: ‘hare’
- Ancestor: PLem *xōw‑drnu‑
- Descendant
- MLem xOUdrnu‑yr
xöüj‑
xrem‑
- Gloss: ‘wolf’
- Connotations
- Metaphor (pejorative & weakening, concretising)
- Melioration narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *kxrem‑
- Descendant
- MLem xrem‑yr
xter‑
- Gloss: ‘planet’
- Connotation
- Strengthening narrowing
- Ancestor: PLem *xter‑
- Descendants
xugh‑
xuhont‑
xuhsen‑
xü‑
xüēl‑
xü‑xter‑
xwyxü‑
- Gloss: ‘mission, vocation’
- Connotations
- Metonymy: effect/purpose for cause/motive
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *xwaxū‑
- Descendant
- MLem xwyxU‑yr
xyçmon‑
- Gloss: ‘stone’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *xaçmon‑
- Descendant
- MLem xyxmon‑yr
xyföhw‑
- Gloss: ‘evil’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *xafōhw‑
- Descendant
- MLem xyfOOxw‑ar
xylis‑
- Gloss: ‘alder’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *xalis‑
- Descendant
- MLem xylis‑yr
xynar‑
- Gloss: ‘shaman, seer, healer’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *xanar‑
- Descendant
- MLem Rynar‑yr
xyndzont‑
- Gloss: ‘plant, something growing’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *xandzont‑
- Descendant
- MLem Ryndzont‑yr
xyrtksor‑
- Gloss: ‘Bear-Lady’
- Connotation
- Metonymy: act for addressee (abstracting)
- Ancestor: PLem *xartk‑sor‑
- Descendants
- MLem xyrtksor‑yr
- NLem xyrtksor‑a
zarathushtr‑
- Gloss: ‘Zarathustra’
- Irregularity: from an Asian language
- Descendant
- NLem zaraquhtr‑a
zd‑
zgdank‑
- Gloss: ‘bug, vermin’
- Connotation
- Metonymy (strengthening, pejorative, concretising)
- Ancestor: PLem *zgdanx‑
- Variant: [stem of tense-carrier]
- Descendant
- MLem zgdank‑yr
zömuxt‑
- Gloss: ‘guide’
- Irregularity: from the name of a mythological dwarf who gave guidance to the Prince in some versions of the <a href="../appendix/constell.php?c=rosebush#coinfo">Rosebush legend</a>, and acted as a counsellor of the Wise One in others
- Descendant
- MLem zOOmuxt‑a
zhambr‑
- Gloss: ‘negligible’
- Connotations
- Pejorative narrowing
- Totum pro parte (strong whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *dzambr‑
- Descendant
- MLem cambr‑yr
zhambw‑
- Gloss: ‘hurt’
- Connotations
- Pejorative narrowing
- Totum pro parte (strong whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *dzambw‑
- Descendant
- MLem cambw‑a
zhanxw‑
- Gloss: ‘dust’
- Connotations
- Metonymy: cause/motive for effect/purpose
- Pejorative narrowing
- Totum pro parte (strong whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *dzanxw‑
- Descendant
- MLem canxw‑yr
zharggh‑
- Gloss: ‘drag, pull’
- Connotations
- Pejorative narrowing
- Totum pro parte (strong whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *dzarggh‑
- Descendant
- MLem cargj‑a
zharw‑
- Gloss: ‘law’
- Connotations
- Pejorative narrowing
- Totum pro parte (strong whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *dzarw‑
- Descendant
- MLem carw‑yr
zhö‑
- Gloss: ‘awn’
- Connotations
- Pejorative narrowing
- Totum pro parte (strong whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *dzō‑
- Descendant
- MLem cOO‑yr
zhöxēr‑
- Gloss: ‘field’
- Connotations
- Pejorative narrowing
- Totum pro parte (strong whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *dzō‑xār‑
- Descendant
- MLem cOOxe‑yr
zhung‑
- Gloss: ‘be useful’
- Connotations
- Pejorative narrowing
- Totum pro parte (strong whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *dzung‑
zhü‑
- Gloss: ‘make dirty’
- Connotations
- Pejorative narrowing
- Totum pro parte (strong whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *dzū‑
- Descendants
- OLem plethk‑zhü‑
- MLem cU‑yr
zhür‑
- Gloss: ‘underworld’
- Connotations
- Pejorative narrowing
- Totum pro parte (strong whole)
- Ancestor: PLem *dzuwr‑
- Descendant
- MLem cUr‑yr