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| PIE | ENGLISH |
| ad- | near, at, to |
| agwh-no- | lamb |
| al- | beyond |
| an- | grandmother |
| angh- | tight, painful |
| ant- | front, forehead |
| ap- | take, reach |
| arg- | shine; white; silver |
| arH- | fit together |
| aus- | shine |
| bak- | staff |
| band- | drop |
| belo- | shining, white |
| beu- | swell |
| bhar- | point, bristle |
| bhau- | strike |
| bhebhr / bhibhros | beaver |
| bheH2-os | light |
| bhehg- | beech tree |
| bhei- | strike |
| bhei- | bee |
| bheidh- | bite |
| bheidh- | persuade |
| bhel- | swell |
| bhendh- | bind |
| bheng- | break |
| bher- | carry / bear |
| bherdh- | cut |
| bherOH | carry |
| bheudh- | aware, make aware |
| bheug- | bend, be pliable |
| bhid-no- | split |
| bhoHg | bake |
| bhoso | barefoot |
| bhreg- | break |
| bhreHter- | brother |
| bhrEi- | cut, break |
| bhreus- | break |
| bhu- | be, is |
| bhugo- | stag, ram, he-goat |
| dakru- | teardrop |
| dap- | apportion in exchange |
| de-deH3- | give, to |
| de-dH3-nt- | giving |
| deH- | divide |
| deH2iuer | brother of husband |
| deH3- | give |
| dei- | shine |
| dei-dik | indicate |
| dei-dik-ie | display |
| deiH- | whirl around |
| deiu-iH2 | goddess |
| deiu-os | god |
| dekm / dekmt | ten |
| deks[i]- | right, south |
| del- | long |
| demH | build |
| demH2- | tame |
| demspotis | houselord |
| derk- | see, to |
| deru- | firm, solid |
| deuk- | carry |
| dghuH | fish |
| dH3tos | given |
| dhal- | bloom, turn green |
| dhE- | put |
| dhe-dhe-ti | set, to |
| dheH1s- | holy |
| dhei- | suck, to give |
| dheigh- | form, build |
| dhen- | flow |
| dher- | muddy, to make / darkness |
| dheu- | rise in a cloud, as dust |
| dheub- | deep, hollow |
| dhghem- / ghdhem | earth |
| dhghemon | human |
| dhghies- | yesterday |
| dhghom / ghdhom | earth |
| dhgwhi-no | destroy |
| dhreu- | fall, drip, droop |
| dhubh- | six |
| dhuer- / dhur- | door |
| dhugHter | daughter |
| dhuHm-os | smoke |
| dhUno- | fortified place |
| Dieus | Sky Father |
| dik- | show, spoken justice |
| dik- | justice, spoken |
| dkmtom | hundred |
| dm-n-eH2-ti | subdue |
| dnghU- | tongue |
| dom- | house |
| drugh / drugh-t-o | deceive |
| dueH2-m | time, long |
| duidkmt | twenty |
| duis | twice |
| duisk- | betwixt |
| duoH / dui | two / two-[...] |
| duoiHos | double |
| eHno- | ring |
| eis- | passion |
| el- | elbow, forearm |
| em- | take, distribute |
| enter | between |
| erHd- | high |
| eti | above, beyond |
| eu- | empty |
| g[e]mH-or | husband of the daughter |
| gal- | able, have power |
| gar- | call, cry |
| gebh- | jaw, mouth |
| gelH2-ou | sister of husband |
| gen- | give birth |
| gen- | compress ina ball |
| genH1- | lineage |
| genHtOr | conceiver |
| genw- | chin |
| gerH2- | old, to be |
| geu-lo- | glowing coal |
| geus- | choose |
| gh[o]l[H]- | gold |
| ghaiso- | stick, spear |
| ghdhies- | yesterday |
| ghduH | fish |
| ghebh- | give, receive |
| ghe-gheu- | pour, to |
| ghei-om | winter |
| ghel- | shine, be bright |
| ghengh- | go, walk |
| gher- | shine, glow |
| gher- | grasp, enclose |
| gherdh- | yard |
| ghers- | bristle |
| ghersdh- | barley |
| ghesl- | thousand |
| ghes-r / ghes-to- | hand |
| gheu- / gheud- | pour |
| gheuH- | call, invoke |
| ghi | indeed |
| ghi- | for / indeed |
| ghosti- | guest |
| ghos-ti- | stranger, guest, host |
| ghredh- | walk, go |
| glkt-s | milk |
| gnH3-ske / gn-n-eH3 | know, get to |
| gnHto | born |
| gnO- | know |
| gombhos | comb |
| gonu | knee |
| grHno- | grain |
| gweHu-s | ox, bull, cow |
| gwei- | live |
| gwelH- | throw, reach |
| gwen-H2 | woman |
| gwerH- | praise aloud, declare |
| gwhdhi-no | destroy |
| gwhedh- | pray |
| gwhedh- | ask, pray |
| gwhen- | kill |
| gwhen- / gwhn- | slay |
| gwhntos | killed |
| gwhoni | killing |
| gwiH | bow |
| gwlH-en | acorn |
| gwm | come |
| gwm-ie / gwm-ske | go, to |
| gwmti | coming |
| gwou-kwolos | cowherd |
| gwr[e]H2u- | heavy |
| gwreH2uon / gw[e]rH2n- | quern |
| H[e]nHt | doorpost |
| H[E]po- | fast |
| H]ieH3s- | gird |
| H1e-dheH1-t | set, to |
| H1egh[s]- | out |
| H1egHom | i |
| H1ei- | go |
| H1ei-ti | goes, he |
| H1e-kleu-t | hear, to |
| H1ek'uos | horse |
| H1enter | inside |
| H1es- | is |
| h1es- | shaped like a shell or dish |
| H1es-ti | be (2) |
| H1e-uid-et | see, to |
| H1ieu- | wheat |
| H1me | me |
| H1mos | my |
| H1reH1- | row, to |
| H1rudh-os / H1roudh-os | red, ruddy |
| H1uebh- | weave |
| H1uidheu- / H1uidhuH2- | widow / robbed |
| H2[e]rg-nt- | silver |
| H2eg- / H2eig- | goat |
| H2eg- / H2og- / H2g- | lead, to |
| H2e-H2nok-e | reached [he] |
| H2eies- | metal |
| H2ei-u / H2oi-u / H2i(ou) | time, long |
| H2ekmon | stone |
| H2en | there |
| H2epo / H2po | of |
| H2erg'- | white |
| H2erH3- | plow |
| H2erH3-trom | plough |
| H2es- | hearth |
| H2eug- | increase |
| H2euH2os | mother's father |
| H2euHs-os | grandfather |
| H2iu-H1en- | young person |
| H2melg- | milk, to |
| H2ner- | man, vital force |
| H2nok-e | reach, attain |
| H2og- | swathe |
| H2ueg-s- | grow |
| H2ueH1nto- | wind |
| H2ues- | sojourn |
| H3d-ont(s) | tooth |
| H3eui- | sheep |
| H3i-H3er-ti | set in motion [he] |
| H3n[e]H3-mn-ie | name, to |
| H3n[e]id- | taunt |
| H3neH3mn- | name |
| H3ngwh- | nail |
| H3reg-s | king |
| Hbhr[e]uH | eyebrow |
| He | this / that |
| He/ Hoti | over |
| Hebhi / H3bhi | towards |
| HebOl- | apple |
| Hed- | by / to |
| Hed- | eat |
| Heg- | drive |
| Hegh-s | out |
| Hegros | acre |
| HeH-ludh-et | come |
| Hei | in that case |
| Hei-os | bronze |
| Heis-n-o | bronzed |
| Heks- | axle |
| HekteH | eight |
| Hen | in |
| Hengw-n | butter / salve |
| Hengw-n | along |
| Hentero | other |
| Henti | against |
| Hepi / Hopi | at |
| Hepo / Hpo | from |
| HesH-r | bloody |
| Heu- | away |
| Heu-i-s | bird |
| Heus- | ear |
| Heus-O-s | dawn |
| Hger- | awake |
| Hiug-om | yoke |
| Hmbhi | around |
| HmbhoH | both |
| Hnun | nine |
| Hoinos | one |
| Hou | footwear/put on |
| Hret | walk, go |
| Hros | dew |
| Hrot-H2 | wheel |
| HulHn- | wool |
| i[e]nH2ter- | wife of husband's brother |
| ieH2uot | long as, so |
| ieHuot | so long as |
| iekwr | liver |
| iEr- | year, season |
| ies- | boil, foam, bubble |
| ieu- | vital force, youthful vigor |
| ieus | law |
| iod | that |
| ioH | as |
| isH1ros | holy |
| isHro- | powerful, holy |
| isu | arrow |
| iuH | you [pl] |
| kaiko- | one-eyed |
| kakka- | defecate |
| kamer- | bend; vault |
| kan- | sing |
| kap- | grasp |
| kapro- | billy goat |
| kat- | fight |
| kaul- | stalk, stem |
| keH- | like, desire |
| keio- | lie |
| kel- | prick |
| kel- | strike, hack |
| kel- | cover, conceal |
| kel- | shout |
| ken- | fresh, young |
| ken- | empty |
| kenk- | bind, gird |
| kens- | speak solemnly, proclaim |
| ker- | hard |
| kerd- | craft |
| kerH2- | mix |
| kerk- | chicken |
| kers- | run |
| kes | comb |
| kH1s- | hare |
| ki | here |
| kieu- | in motion |
| kisteH | basket |
| kleg- | cry, sound |
| kleHro- | piece of wood |
| klei- | lean |
| kleu- | hear |
| kleuos | fame |
| klutos | known |
| kmH2to- | labor, which has cost |
| kmHe | tired |
| knt | by / along |
| knu- | nut |
| koim- | home |
| kok-H- | plow |
| kolH2mos | reed |
| kom | near, by, with |
| konHmo- | bone |
| korkeH- | gravel |
| krd / kerd- | heart |
| kred-dheH | believe |
| krei- | sieve, discriminate |
| kre-tro- / krei-dhro- | sieve |
| kreuH- | raw flesh |
| krn- | horn |
| krsno | black |
| krso- | wagon |
| kruH-i | bloody |
| ku-n-es-ti | kiss |
| kuon- / kuno-s | dog |
| kwat- | ferment, be sour |
| -kwe | and |
| kwe | interrogitive |
| kwei- | observe, attend to, honour |
| kwei-oH / kwi-neu- | gather |
| kwe-kwl-os | wheel |
| kwel- | revolve, move around |
| kwel- | turning |
| kwetuero | fourfold |
| kwetuOr | four |
| kweturs | four times |
| kwid | what |
| kwo- | who [rel] |
| kwoi-neH2- | price |
| kwom | when |
| kwo-s | who |
| kwoter-o- | who of two |
| kwriH / kwrineH-ti | buy |
| laku- | lake, pool |
| lau- | gain, profit |
| legh- | lie, lay |
| legwh- | light in weight |
| lei- | flow |
| leigh- | lick |
| lendh- | open land |
| leug- | break |
| leuk- | light |
| leup | peel, break off |
| leus | lose |
| li-n-ekw-ti | let |
| l-Ino- | flax |
| loks-os | salmon |
| luk-eie | shine, to |
| maghu- | young person |
| mai- | cut |
| marko- | horse |
| mE- | measure |
| mE- | big |
| med- | measure, take proper measures |
| medhu- | honey drink |
| medhu- | mead |
| medh-u-s | sweet |
| megH2- | large |
| megH2- | great |
| meH- | prohibition |
| meH- | good |
| mEH1n-s | month |
| meH2-is | more |
| meH2-is | greater, more |
| meH2tr | mother |
| meH2trous | mother's brother |
| meik- | mix |
| mei-no- | opinion, intention |
| mel- | bad |
| mel- | grind, crush |
| meld- | melt |
| meld- | pray |
| melH2-k'-s | weak |
| meli- | honey |
| mEms- | flesh, meat |
| mems- | meat |
| menegh- | copious |
| men-Es | well-minded |
| menes-os | willpower |
| mer- | die |
| merk- | decay |
| metH | between |
| meu- | damp, wet |
| meuH- | push away |
| mH2kros | long |
| mH2kr-os | great, large |
| mleuH | say |
| mlH2-ek- | soft |
| mn-ei | think, to |
| molH | mill |
| molko- | skin bag |
| mon-eie | warn/ cause to consider |
| mori | sea |
| mori- | body of water |
| mrto | dead |
| muHs | mouse |
| mus | fly / mosquito |
| mus- | mosquito, bug |
| n- | un- / non- |
| ndher-[i] | under |
| ne | not |
| ne | like |
| ne H2oiu | never |
| nebh- | cloud |
| nebh-es-os | cloud |
| ned- | tie, bind |
| neH2-s-s | nose |
| neH2us | ship |
| nei- | excited, shine |
| neigw- | wash |
| nek- | death |
| nem- | assign, allot |
| nepOt | descendant |
| nepot-s | grandchild / descendant |
| nEtr- | snake |
| neu-os / neu-io | new |
| n-gno- | unknown |
| n-H1gr-et-os | un-waken-able |
| n-H3bhelEs | useless |
| ni- | down |
| nisdo- | nest |
| nizdo- | bird's nest |
| nmrtos | immortal |
| nogw-s | naked |
| nokw-t-s | night |
| ns | us |
| nsi | sword |
| nsos | our |
| nu | now |
| oi-no- | one |
| okto | eight |
| okw- | eye |
| ol- | beyond |
| ongw- | salve, anoint |
| op- | work |
| or- | large bird |
| ors- | buttocks |
| ost- | bone |
| oug- | cold |
| Owio- | egg |
| pak- | fasten |
| pau- | little, few |
| ped- | foot; stumble |
| peH- | feed |
| peH2- | protect |
| peHi | drink |
| peH-ur / peH-uens | fire |
| peisk- | fish |
| peku | livestock |
| pekw- | cook |
| pel- | hide, skin |
| peleku | axe |
| pelH- | fill |
| pelH- | flat; spread |
| penkwe | five |
| penkwtos | fifth |
| per | before |
| per- | sell, grant |
| peri | over |
| perk- / prek- | question |
| peruti | previous year |
| pet- | rush, fly |
| peuH- | purify, cleanse |
| pH2ter- | father |
| piHuon / piHueriH | fat |
| plab- | flap |
| plat- | spread |
| pleu- | flow |
| pleus- | pluck; feather, fleece |
| plH / He-pleH-t | fill |
| plH1no- | full |
| pltHu | broad |
| pod- | foot |
| poH2iu | herd |
| pOi- | drink |
| pOlH | foal |
| polH | city |
| polo- | swollen, thick |
| pont-eH1-s | path |
| porko- | pig, young |
| pos | after |
| poti- | over / against |
| potis | master |
| potis | husband |
| poti-s | powerful, lord |
| potniH2 | powerful |
| potniH2 | mistress |
| preH2i- | front, at the |
| preHi | at the front |
| prek- | pray |
| preti / proti | over / against |
| preus- | freeze |
| prHos | before |
| prHuo- | first |
| prk-ske | ask |
| pu- | swell, blow |
| r | thus, and also |
| reg- | move in a straight line, lead |
| ret- | run, roll |
| rUno- | mystery, secret |
| s]gwh- | stumble |
| s]kupt- | withers |
| s]teg- | cover |
| s]uper-[i] | above |
| sak- | sanctify |
| sakro-dhoH1-t-s | priest |
| sal- | dirty grey |
| sbhei | their |
| sE- | long, late |
| sed- | sit |
| segh- / si-sgh- | hold |
| seH- | satisfy |
| seH1- | seed |
| seH1- / si-sH1- | sow, to |
| seH2l- | salt |
| seH2-ul- / sH2-uen-s | sun |
| sekw- | say |
| sel- | mood, of good |
| sel- | take, grasp |
| sem- | summer |
| sen- | old |
| sengwh- | sing |
| sept-m | seven |
| se-suOdh- | used to [ I am] |
| seue / sei | mine |
| seuH- | take liquid |
| sH2uens kwekwlos | wheel of the sun |
| siu / suH- | sew |
| skamb- | curve, bend |
| skei- | cut, split, separate |
| sker- | cut |
| skop- | cut with a blade |
| skr-Ibh- | cut, separate |
| slEg- | slack, languid |
| slei- | slimy |
| sleug- | swallow |
| sloug- | help, serve |
| sm- / sem- | one |
| sneH- | swim |
| snHi / snHeu | without |
| snoigwh-os | snow |
| sn-ter | without - sunder |
| snusos | daughter in law |
| snusos | son's wife |
| so / seH2 | that |
| som | together |
| spek-ie | see, to |
| spen- | draw, stretch |
| spend- | pour libation |
| spend- | bind oneself by a ritual act |
| sreu- | flow |
| steH- | stand |
| steig- | stick; pointed |
| steigh- | step |
| steigh- | stride, step |
| ster- | spread |
| ste-stoud-e | bumped |
| stH2dh-lom | stable |
| sti-st[e]H2- | stand, to |
| streu- | sprinkle |
| strH3-no / strH3-to | laid down |
| sueH2d-u-s | sweet |
| sueks | six |
| suekuro | brother in law |
| suekuros | father of husband |
| suesOr | sister |
| suHnu- / suHiu- | son |
| suHs | pig, old |
| suH-s / suH-iHno | swine |
| suod | as / like |
| suod | like / as |
| suos | his |
| suos | own |
| supno- | sleep |
| swen- | sound |
| swergh- | worry, be sick |
| tegu- | thick |
| TeHuros | bull |
| tekto- | carpenter |
| telH- | lift, support |
| temH | cut |
| ten- | stretch |
| tenH2-u-s | thin |
| tep- | warm |
| ter- | peg, post, marker |
| terH- | rub, turn |
| ters- | dry |
| ters / trs | thirst |
| tetko | carpenter |
| teu- | swell |
| teuta | people |
| teuteH- | tribe |
| tlHto | carried |
| tnH2-[e]u | long |
| tn-to- | stretched |
| tod | that |
| tod | this |
| tragh- | draw, drag, move |
| trei-es | three |
| treio- | triple |
| treud- | press, squeeze |
| trH-os | through |
| tri- | three- |
| tris | thrice |
| tuH / tuHam | you [sg] |
| tuHri- | cheese |
| tuos / -tis | your |
| u[e]iH1-[o]n- | wine |
| uai / ueH2i | woe |
| ud | on high |
| ud | high, on |
| -ue | or |
| uE- | blow |
| uedh- | marry |
| uedhri- | castrated |
| ueg'h- | carry |
| uegh-e | transport |
| ueH2t-eH1- | seer |
| ueH2t-u- | inspired utterance |
| uei | weak |
| ueid-uos | knowing |
| uek'-ont[s] | willing |
| uel-o | willing |
| uemH1-ti | vomit |
| uerg'- | work |
| ues- | clothe |
| uesno- / uosno- | purchase |
| uet- | blow, inspire |
| uet-us | old |
| uiHro- | man |
| uik'- | village |
| uksen | ox / bull |
| ulkw- | wolf |
| uodr / | water |
| uoid-H2e | know, to |
| uOkw-s | voice |
| uosn-eie | trade |
| uper | over |
| upo | under; up from under; over |
| wal- | strong |
| walso- | post |
| wed- | wet; water |
| weg- | strong, lively |
| weg- | weave |
| weg- | drive |
| wegh- | way |
| wei- | turn, twist |
| weid- | see |
| weik- | fight, conquer |
| weip- | turn, vacillate, tremble |
| wekw- | speak |
| wel- | turn, roll |
| wel- | see |
| welH- | wool |
| wer- | turn, bend |
| wEro- | true |
| wesr | springtime |
| wEsu- | good |
| widhu- | tree |
| w-Ikmt-I | twenty |
| wleik- | flow |
| wlik-u- | wet |
| wort-ei-e | turn, cause to |
| wreik- | turn |
| wrmi- | worm |