Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch
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The Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (IEW, "Indo-European Etymological Dictionary") was published in 1959 by the Austrian-German comparative linguist and Celtic languages expert Julius Pokorny. It is an updated and slimmed-down reworking of the three-volume Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen (1927–1932, by Alois Walde and Julius Pokorny).
Both of these works aim to provide an overview of the lexical knowledge accumulated through the early 20th century, but offer only stray comments on the structure of individual forms. The IEW is now slightly outdated, especially as it was conservative even when it was written, ignoring the laryngeal theory, and hardly including any Tocharian or Anatolian material.
- French & European Publications (1969), ISBN 0828866023
- Francke 4th ed. (2002), 5th ed. (2005), ISBN 3772009476
[edit] See also
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Look up Appendix:List of Proto-Indo-European roots in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
[edit] Other PIE dictionaries and grammars
- Grundriß der vergleichenden Grammatik der indogermanischen Sprachen (published 1886-1916 by Karl Brugmann and Berthold Delbrück)
- Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben (LIV, published 1998 and 2001 by Helmut Rix and others)
- Indo-European Etymological Dictionary, an ongoing project based in Leiden, intended to result in the publication of a comprehensive Indo-European etymological dictionary and described by its authors as a successor of the IEW
[edit] External links
- Pokorny PIE Data (University of Texas)
- Indogermanisches Wörterbuch by Gerhard Köbler (based on the IEW, but includes laryngeals a well as Tocharian and Anatolian material, a short grammar and an English–Indo-European dictionary)
