INDO-EUROPEAN DICTIONARY
For Translating German Names
By
Anne Bergere
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Copyright 1994, 2011 Anne Bergere
Cover: Dragons at the Tree of
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Important: Words and syllables are
listed by Number only. These numbers replace consonants. The
vowels are ignored. They are listed according to a modified version
of the Soundex Code. Each consonant is given a number representing
that type (1 through 6) of consonant. These are my translations as
well as those found in books on Indo-European.
If your device has a search function, then search
for the word or syllable. If not found, then you need to follow the
instructions below to find the number and look it up by number.
Instructions for obtaining the number:
A, E, I, O, U, Y, and H are ignored. (If there
are no consonants, look under 0 (zero)).
B, F, P, PF, V and W are
1.
C, Ck, G, J, K, Q, SC, X and Z are 2. (Note CK and SC are not
22, but 2).
D, DT and T are 3. (Note DT is not 33, but 3).
L
is 4.
M and N are 5.
R is 6.
Double consonants are not two
numbers, but one number. Example: mm is 5, not 55 and tt is 3, not
33.
In Indo-European the G or K is sometimes written GH, KH or Q.
This is a hard K, as in the Scottish "loch".
Indo-European or Proto-Indo-European is a language
that is theorized to have been spoken about 6000 to 8000 years ago
somewhere in Europe or Anatolia. It is all guesswork. I have added
some words that were deduced from translating names for “German
Names” (a book that I wrote).
E-mail me at:
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Word List
Number
Indo-European
Definition
0 (Zero)
A,
ai, au, e, ei, eu, i, ia, ja, je, jeu, o, u, as, ais, aues, os, ge,
gei, gau, ke, kei, kau
To desire, speak, perceive the message,
seek, go, germinate, and allot the youthful life force of the
harvest (plant and animal) through the sacred and divine power of
the old gods and the ancestors and their laws
Ai, au, eu, eus, ais, aios, aues, kai, kau, keu,
skai, skau
To burn, shine, glow; dawn, bright, east
Ao
To allot
Ai
To utter, speak
Ai, aiu, aiw, ieu, jeu, au
Vital force, youth,
youthful vigor, life, life force, long life, eternity, young man
Au, aus, ou, ous
To perceive, hear; ear
Au, aue
To draw water, suck; water, wave
Au
Down
Au, awo, ghau, kau
Elder relative, ancestor,
old gods, adult male relative other than the father
Au
To desire, dare
Aue, awe, ue, we, wen
To blow; vapor, wind
(moving air)
Auei, awi
Bird, egg
Ei
To go
Ei, eis, ein, gei, gein, kei
Divine power, old
gods
Ei
Reddish, yew (tree, wood, has red berries)
Eu
To be lacking, empty
Ia, ja, ya
To be roused, seek
Ie, je, ya
To send, throw, throw down
Ieu, u, jeu, ieuos, jeuos
Law, sacred, binding
Ieu, jeu
To connect, couple, harness
Ieua, jeua, yeua
To blend, mix food
Iu, ju, yu
Shout, an exultant jubilant outcry
Iu, ju, yu
You
O
Announcement, message from the gods
Oiua, iua, aiua, aiwa
Fruit, berry, grape
Oui, owi, ouis, eu, owis
Sheep
1
Ap,
apo, po
Off, away, down, away from, reach, extend, put
Ap, kap, skap
To take, reach
Awe, aue, we, wen
To blow; wind
Awe, aue
To weave
Awi
Bird
Bha, bhau, bhe, bhei, bheu, bho, bhu, pa, pau, pe,
pei, peu, pi, po, poi, pu, wa, wau, we, wei, weia, weu, wo, wu,
bhen, bhein, pen, wen, wein, kwa, kwe, kwei, spe, spei, swa, swe,
swei, spen, spein, swen, swein
To grow, increase, gain, go afte
something, swell out, swell, thrive, pile up, prosper, feed, protect,
pasture, warm, desire, make pure, bend, honor, respect and speak for
the flowering, soft, juicy good harvest (plant and animal) and the
vital life force through the divine power of one's own old gods
Bha, bhau, pa, pau
To gleam, shine; light,
bright, appearing
Bha, pe, spe, spel, speg
To speak
Bhau, bhaut, pau, paut
To knock, strike, beat;
an end, stumpy
Bhe, pe
Warm; to warm
Bhei, pei
To strike, hit
Bhei, pei
Bee
Bhau, bau, bheu, beu, bhe, bhei, bhu, bu, pe, pei,
bhes, peia, bhein, pen, spe, spei, spu, pes
To swell, grow,
thrive, prosper, inflate, blow out, swell out, be fat, become, be,
exist; life; broad, flowering, flowing; future (baum = tree)
Bho, ambho, po
Both
Epi, opi
After, later
Ibh, ip
To turn, wind, climb
Op, kop, skop
Abundance, religious service,
agriculture; to work, produce abundantly
Op
To choose
Pa, bha
To protect, feed, pasture cattle
Pe, paen, pen, bhe, bhen
Almost
Pei, pi, bhei, bhi
To hurt
Peu, bheu
To feel shame, repel
Peu, peua, pu, bheu, bhu
To cleanse, make pure
Peu, pau, pou, pu, pau, peus
Young animal
Peu, peua, bheu
To cut, strike, dig into, think
over, stamp
Po, poi, pi, pei, bho, bhoi
To drink, damp,
soft, yielding, juice, sap
Poieo, bhoieo
To make
Pou, bhou, pau, bhau
Little, small, few
Upo
Near, down, under, up from under, over
Wa, ua
Harm, swelling
Wa, wei, kwa, kwei, swa, swei, swe, we
To bend,
honor, respect, yield, consider, pay, curve, atone
We, wen, swe, awe
To blow, wave, flutter;
vapor, wind
We, wen
Desire
Swe, se
One's own group
Swe, sei
Settle down, leave off
We
Down from, away from
Wei
To go after something; gain
Kwei, kweie, kweje
Restfulness; space of time;
to rest
Kwei, wei
To pile up, make, build, form
Wei, wa, weik, weim
Flexible twig; curve, bend,
yield, change, turn apart
Wei, weia
To bend, turn, twist
Swei
Swing rapidly, turn
Wei, we, wi, wid, weidh, ue
In half, apart,
separate, in two, two
Dwei
Fear, be of 2 minds
Dwo, duo
Two, 2
Weia
(Vital) force
Gwei, gweia
To live
11
Bha-bha,
bha-un
Bean (broad or fava bean)
Buff
Swelling cheeks; to puff out
Pap, bhabh
Teat, food
Peppa
Pepper ?
Wab, uab
To cry out; cry, scream, wail,
complain
Web
Weapon; defend
Webh, uebh, webhs
Weave, move back and forth;
woven objects
Gwebh
To dip
Wep
Bad, evil
Kwep
To smoke, cook, boil, move violently
Wep, swep
To toss, cast, scatter, sling, throw
Weib, weip, ueib, ueip
To turn, twist, swing,
vacillate, tremble, move back and forth, wrap around
112
Wafsa, wefsa, wopsa
Wasp
114
Popul
People ?
116
Bhebhru, bhebhrus
Beaver, castor
(used for fur, medicine), brown
Bhag, bak, bheg, bheug, pag, pak, pek, peig, peug,
peuk, pug, wag, wagh, wak, weg, wek, weig, weik, eweg, swagh
To
swell, bend, honor, bow, yield, sound, vow, speak, preach, perform,
run, ripen, enjoy, swell out, cut, break with tools, strike, prick,
move, carry, be strong, active, bind, knit together, share, cook, and
be satisfied with the harvest (plant and animal) through the divine
power of the tree and the old gods
Baca
Berry ?
Bhag, bhago, bak, pak
Tree, beech tree, staff,
rod, pole, walking stick
Bhag, bak, pak
To share (esp. food)
Bhagh, bhaghu
Elbow, shoulder, arm
Bheg, speg, pek
To bend, honor, swell out,
arch
Bheg, pek
To break
Bheg, pek, bhegu, bhegw
To run, run away
Beig, beigu, peik
Shining
Bheug, peuk
To bow, bend, curve, fold, swell,
yield
Bheug, peuk
To flee
Bheug, peuk
To enjoy, perform
Bhog, bhogo, pok
Warming, roasting
Bhug, puk, bhugo, bhugho
Ram (goat), buck, male
animal
Bhuko, puko
Water weeds
Busk, bhusk, pusk
Bushes, thicket, copse
Eweg, ewegwh, wegh, weghwh
To speak solemnly,
vow
Fus ?
Grow, prosper, thrive?(bheu, bhu; s)
Ibuk, ibuks
Turns backwards
Opak
Dark ?
Pag, pak, bhagh
To fasten, fix, bind
Pag, bhagh, pak
Breast, chest
Pek, peku, spek, bhegh
Sheep, cattle, wool,
hair, herd (sheep), money, wealth, movable property
Pek, peko, bhegh
To pluck hair, comb, fight,
make pretty; fair, attractive, pleasant, glad
Pek, spek, bhegh
Satisfied; to be satisfied;
prosperity
Pek, peku, pekw, bhegh
To cook, ripen
Peig, peik, bheigh
Colored, painted; to adorn
by carving or coloring
Peig, peik, bheigh
Hostile, evil-minded, of
evil intention
Peig, peik, bheigh
To cut
Peik, speik, bheigh
Bird's name, magpie,
woodpecker
Peug, peuk, pug, bheugh, puk
Fist; to strike,
prick, pierce
Pik, spik, speik, bhigh
Pick, pointed
instrument (tools)
Pik, bhigh
Pitch (sticky pine tar)
Pke
Prosperity of the earth?; ruler?
Ps, bs ?
Life ?, prosperity ?
Puk, peuk, bhugh
Thick-haired, bushy,
bushy-haired
Wag
Sheath, pod
Wag, weig, swag, sweig
To bend, honor, curve,
wander indecisively
Wagh, swagh
To sound, resound or echo
Wak
Cow
Weg, wegh, sweg
To go, be strong, be lively;
active, vigor, liveliness, watchfulness
Weg
To spin, knit together, weave, attach,
weave a web; a textile
Weg, eweg, wek, wekw, eugwh, wegwh
To make a
vow, speak solemnly, preach, speak
Weg, wegh
To move, carry, weigh, transport in a
vehicle, move to and fro, go, be active
Weg, wegw, ugw
Wet, moist; to wet, moisten
Wek, wekuos, wekwos
Juice
Wk, uk, ugu, uku, ud
Moist; to sprinkle
Twegh
Press; sudden pain
Weig, weik, wag, wei, wein, sweig
To bend,
honor, yield, curve, wind, give way, change; flexible twig
Weik
Bold
Weik
Likeness; to be like
Weik
Divination, holy, magic or religious word
Weik
Dwelling, settle, neighborhood
Weik
Violent strength; to fight, conquer
Weik
Clan
Bhas, bhes, bhasko, pas
Bundle, gathering
Bhes, pes
To scrape, rub, rub off, smooth,
crumble
Bhes, pes
Pebble, sand
Bhes, peis, spies
To breathe
Kwes
To pant, wheeze
Bhoso
Bare, naked
Paus, bhaus
To desert, leave (off), stop
Pes, bhes
Tail
Peis, bheis
To crush
Pisk, peisk, bhisk
Fish
Pius
Devout ? (see pei, etc.)
Wes
To dwell, stay, remain, linger, be
Wes
To clothe
Wes
Wet
Wes
To buy
Weis
To flow, melt, flow away, flow out
Weis
Slime, rot, strong smell, poison
Tweis, tueis, twei
To shake, move to & fro,
break into flames
1216
Wesper, wes-pero
Evening, night
122
Bhasko, bhas, bhes, pes
Bundle,
gathering
Busk, pusk
Bushes, thicket, copse
Pisk, peisk
Fish
Pokso
Hair (sheep)
Wokso
Wax
123
Wekti
Thing, wight, creature
Past, pasto
Fast, firm, solid, fixed, secure,
steadfast
West, kwest, kuest
Seek, ask ? (twig?)
1236
Pster, ster
Sneeze
125
Woghwhn, woghwh-nis
Plowshare
(wedges soil apart)
Wesn, wen
To sell
126
Wesr, wer
Spring of the year
13
Bhad, bat, bhaut,
bheid, bheidh, bheud, bheudh, pat, ped, pod, pet, pot, spot, wad,
wadh, wat, wed, wedh, gwhedh, wet, weid, weidh, weit, wid, widh,
woid, swad
To bend, honor, trust, speak, pledge, be aware of, be
able, spread, know, see, beat, strike off, split, go, move ahead, be,
hold, seize, bind and eat the good, sweet harvest (plant and animal)
thru the divine power and prosperity of the powerful old gods (the
lord)
Bhad, pat
Good
Swad
Sweet or pleasant
Bat, pat
To beat
Bhaut, bhau, paut
To knock, strike off; stumpy,
an end
Bhedh, pet
To bury, dig
Bheid, bheidh, peit
To split, crack, strike,
bite
Bheidh, peit
To trust, bide, wait, persuade
Bheudh, peut
Aware, enlightened; to make aware,
to be
Bhudh, put
Bottom, base
Eft, keft, kaft, koft, skaft
True, state,
condition, spear, shaft, ?
Pat, bhadh
To eat
Ped, pod, bhed, pet
Foot; to go
Ped, pod, pet, bhedh
To seize, hold
Ped, bhedh
Container
Pet, peta, bhedh
To fly, go, leap, rush, fall;
feather, wing
Pet, peta, bhedh
To open out, spread
Kwat
Ferment, bubble up
Pet, bhedh
Prosperity
Pet, peti, bhedh
Little ?
Peud, speud, bheudh, peut
To push, repulse
Pot, spot, poti, spoti, bhodh
Lord, power,
powerful, able, prosperity
Pte, pt
Wing, feather ? ?
Wadh, wad, kwat
To pledge
Wadh
To go, stride forward, move ahead, ford,
wade, wade through
Wat, wet
To inspire, blow (air)
Wed
To sing
Wed, wet, kwet
To speak, say
Gwhedh, kwet
To ask
Wed, wet
To make wet; water; wet
Sweid, sweit
Sweat
Wedh
To thrust, strike
Kwed, kwet
Stick, pierce
Wedh
To knit, bind
Wet, uet, kwet
Year, yearling, one of many
years
Wet, kwet
To break, strike, cut
Kwed, kwet
Sharpen, whet
Weidh, wid, widh, wit, witos
To separate,
divide, go apart; apart, split in two, separate, individual
Weit, kwei, wei, weik, wein, kwet, sweit
To
bend, honor, yield, curve, change; flexible twig
Weit, weid, wat, wid, woid
To know, see, look
at, be mentally excited; object of vision
Kweit, weit, sweid
To gleam, shine; bright,
white, blonde
Widh, widhu, wit
Tree
135
Bhudhmen
Bottom, ground, soil,
floor, landed property
136
Pater, peter
Father
Wedero
Belly
Bel, bhel, bhle, bhlei, bhleu, bhlo, pel, pela,
ple, pla, spel, wal, wel, kwel, swell
To swell, flower, bloom,
thrive, spread, cry out, speak, throw, wish for, plow and sell the
choice harvest (plant and animal) through the divine power of the old
gods
Bel, bel, pel, wal
Strong
Bel, bhel, bhlei, bhleu, pel, wal, spel,
swell
Flowering, strength, power, big, swollen; to swell, bloom,
thrive, inflate; flowing, prosperity
Gwela
Acorn
Bel, bol, pel, pol
Young helpless (animal)
Bhel, pel
To blow, swell
Bhel, spel, swel, bher, pel
To shine, glimmer,
blaze, flash, burn, move to & fro (as plowing)
Swel, Spel
To burn; brightness with flame,
shine
Bhel, pel
To cry, cry out, sound, bellow, bawl
Bhili, pili
Good-natured, friendly, gentle,
loving
Bhle, bhlo, bhlei, bhleu, ple bhel, bhles, ples,
sples
To sprout up, spring up, leaf, flower, swell, well forth,
overflow; flowering, swelling, flowing
Bhle, ple
To howl
Bhle, bhlo, bhele, bhelo, ple, pel
To blow
(air)
Bhlei, plei
To shine, gleam
Bol, bul, pol, pul
Lump, knob
Pal, pol, bhal, bhol
To finger, touch, feel,
quiver, shake
Pel, phol, pol, bhel
To fall
Gwel, kwel
To let fall, make fall)
Pel, bhel
Skin, hide, fur, pelt, peel
Pel, pela, bhel
To fill, put in a bottle or
skin, flow, pour
Pel, bhel
Gray, pale, dusky, dull-colored,
pallid
Pel, bhel
To beat, strike, drive, push, come
near, thrust
Pel, spel, bhel
To speak loudly, recite, say
aloud, tell
Pel, peld, perd, bhel
Spotted
Pel, bhel
Dust, powder, flour
Gwel, kwel
To fly
Pel, bhel
To sell
Pel, bhel
Basin, dish
Pel, ple, bhel, bhle
Full, much, many,
prosperity
Pel, pyel, bhel
Tree name (the source of
poplar?)
Pel
To fold
Pela, pla, palt, pela, pla, spel, sple, sples,
bhel spel, sple, sples, bhel
Broad, smooth, flat, spread out;
broad & flat; to spread
Pela
Fortified citadel, high place (fortified)
Spel
To split, crack, break off
Pilo, plo, bhilo, bhlo
Hair
Ple, pel, sple, bhle, bhel
Full, much, many
Plei, splei, bhlei
To split, crack, split off,
cleave
Pleu, bhleu
To flow, run, move forward
Plo, pilo, bhlo, bhilo
Hair
Pol, bhol
Thumb
Phol, bhol, pol
To make slide, trick, deceive
Wal, wala, wals
Palisade, curve, turn
Swel
Post, board
Wal, swal
To be strong; power, strength
Kwalo, skwalo
Large fish
Wel
Choice; wish, will, enjoy, choose
Wel, welu
To turn, twist, roll, bend, curve,
enfold
Wel
To see
Wel
To seize, tear, pull
Gwel, kwel
Throat, gullet
Swel
To eat
Wel, wela
Wool, down, hair of rabbits, grass
Wela
To strike, wound
Gwel, kwel
Pierce, destroy, stick
Kwel
Far in space or time
141
Plab, bhlab, plap
To flap
Wlp, lup
Wolf (animal)
Wlp, ulp
Fox (animal)
Gwelb, gwelbh, kwelp
Womb, bosom, vault; to
arch
142
Bheleg, bhelag, bhelk, bhelg
Plank,
beam
Bhelgh, (spelk ?)
To swell
Bhleg (spleg ?)
To shine, gleam
Plag, plak, pelag, palt, pela, bhlag,
bhalag
Broad, flat, wide and flat, smooth; to be flat, spread out
(spleg ?)
Plag, plak, bhlag, bhlig
To strike, hit, beat
Plek, pleik, bhlegh
To tear off, tear
Plek, bhlegh
To plait, interweave, twist, bend,
fold, weave, braid, entwine
Walk
To walk ?
Welg, welk, swelk
Wet
Wlk, wlkwo, wlkuo
Wolf, flesh-tearing animal
Wleik
To run, flow
Bhles, ples
To shine, gleam
Pleus
To pluck, pluck out
Walso, wals, wal
Post, stake, palisade, curve,
turn
143
Bhelto, pelto
Bold, swollen up
Bheld, peld
To knock, strike; one quick
movement
Blat, blet, plat, plet, pliet, (splat, splet ?)
To
leaf, flower, spread; wide and level
Palt, plak, pela, pla, bhaldh
Flat, broad,
smooth, spread out
Peld, perd, pel, bheldh, pelt
Spotted (animal)
Pelt, pelto, bheldh
To fold
Plaud
To beat the hands ?
Pleid, spleid
To split, cleave
Welt
Open field, wildwood, forest, wild (to
wield ?)
145
Bhleum, plem, blom, plom
Bloom ?
Plano
Even, plane, level
Plno
Full
1451
Plumb, plumbum
Lead (metal) ?
1453
Bhlendh, plent
To glimmer
indistinctly
146
Plor
To search out, exclaim, cry
out
15
Poim, spoim,
poimno, spoimno
Foam, froth
Swem, suem
To move vigorously, be in motion,
swim
Weim, wein
To bend, honor, curve, yield, give
way, change
Bhaum, baum
Tree
Bhen, bhein, pen, pein, spen, wen, weim, wein, wa,
we, wei, pend, spend
To bend, honor, yield, pour a ritual
libation, strive, strive for, swell, stretch, spin, consider, be
satisfied, increase, and desire the harvest (plant and animal)
through the divine power of the old gods
Bhen, gwen, kwen
To strike, wound, kill
Bhen, pen, bhein, spen, bhe, bhei, pein
To
swell, increase; prosperity
Fen, pen
Swamp
Pan
Wet, slime, mire
Fin
The end ?
Pan
Fabric, cloth
Paen, pen, pe
Almost
Pen, pe, spen, spe, bhe
Prosperity
Pen, spen, pend, spend
To promise, pour a
ritual libation, draw, spin, stretch, hang, weigh, consider
Pneu
To breathe
Wen
To hit, beat, wound
Gwen, gwhen, kwen
Strike, kill
Wen, we, swen
To be satisfied, strive for,
desire, wish
Wen, wesn
To sell
Wen, we, aue
To blow; vapor, wind (Odin)
Dhwen
To make a noise, din
Swen
To sound
Wein, kwei, wei, wa, weim, swen, swein, sweim
To
bend, honor, yield, curve, give way, change
151
Swombh, swombho, suombh
Spongy
152
Bhengh, spengh, penk
Thick,
dense
Penk, penkwe, penkue
Five
Ping, pingo, sping, spingo
Bird's name, finch,
spink
Pong, spong
Sponge ?
Weng, sweng, bhong, penk
To bend, honor, swing,
arch up, turn, toss, be curved, curve, be bowed
Twengh
To press in on
153
Bend, bendh, spend, pent
Point,
protruding point, erect point