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Indo-European Etymological Dictionaries: A Guide for the Perplexed
Indo-European Etymological Dictionaries: A Guide for the Perplexed
Over the last three years I have worked more-or-less intensively
and widely on Indo-European etymological problems as a research
associate in Indo-European comparative linguistics on the Cognacy in Basic Lexicon project
with the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. Over
the course of this project I have had to check and revise hundreds and
hundreds of etymologies from of historical and modern Indo-European
languages, from Albanian to Welsh and nearly everything in between. (I’d
say Albanian to Zazaki to
have a nice Indo-European A–Z, but we don’t currently have Zaza data).
While I hardly can be expected to be an expert on the historical grammar
of every single Indo-European language (and I emphasise that we do
consult with experts on individual branches and languages where
necessary), as the main editor of the cross-branch Indo-European cognate
judgements I do need to know where I can find reliable cognacy
information on all the languages involved...
Part 2: Anatolian Etymological Dictionaries
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