The American heritage dictionary of Indo-European roots / revised and edited by Calvert Watkins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Watkins, Calvert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indo-European languages--Roots--Dictionaries.

Indo-European languages.

English language--Etymology--Dictionaries.

English language.

English language--Etymology.

Indo-European languages--Roots.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

xli, 149 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Dictionary of Indo-European roots

Place of Publication:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000.

Summary:

Fully revised and updated, THE AMERICAN HERITAGE(R) DICTIONARY OF INDO-EUROPEAN ROOTS remains an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the history of English and its place in the Indo-European language family. More than 13,000 words are traced to their origins in Proto-Indo-European, the prehistoric ancestor of English that was spoken before the advent of writing. In Calvert Watkins's skilled hands, Proto-Indo-European language and society are rendered as alive and compelling as they must have been six thousand years ago. His introductory essay shows how words in an unrecorded ancient language can be reconstructed and offers a wealth of fascinating information about Proto-Indo-European culture. The dictionary that follows contains nearly 1,350 reconstructed roots, plus two dozen new "Language and Culture" notes that explore interesting sidelights to the etymologies presented in many entries.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0395986109

0618082506

OCLC:

43836701