Indo-European Word Roots by Subject Groups

Note

The links lead to word lists of the form

"meaning" (Article index word in Duden 7) akin words,

akin words of the basic vocabulary subsequently lead to word lists of the form

word (Article index word for root)

Among these, some are, in turn, backlinked to similar word lists The subject groups were obtained from an old edition of Dornseiff, the basic vocabulary from Meyer's Kinderlexikon, from the first lessons of a German course, and a basic vovabzulary listing for elementary school.

Subject groups

("multimedial" subject groups in red, basic vocabulary comparison figures in italics)

Anorganic World, Substances (12) (153)
Plant, Animal, Man (Carnal) (66) (431)
Space, Position, Form (119) (130)
- thereunder: Form (58) (22)
Size, Multitude, Number, Degree (16) (42)
Being, Relationship, Event (58) (130)
Time (7) (101)
Visibility, Light, Color, Sound, Temperature, Weight, States of Matter, Smell, Taste (77) (56)
Translocation (40) (40)
Wanting and Acting (16) (92)
Sensations (13) (11)
Feel, Affects, Character Properties (11) (57)
Thinking (4) (22)
Sign, Message, Language (11) (60)
Literature, Science (0) (67)
Arts (0) (47)
Society and Community (15) (195)
Devices, Technics (34) (317)
Economy (3) (64)
Law, Ethics (0) (28)
Religion, The Transcendental (1) (16)