The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsThere are no direct records of the original Indo-European speech. By comparing the vocabularies of its various descendants, however, it is possible to reconstruct the basic Indo-European roots with considerable confidence. In The Origins of English Words, Shipley catalogues these proposed roots and follows the often devious, always fascinating, process by which some of their offshoots have grown. Anecdotal, eclectic, and always enthusiastic, The Origins of English Words is a diverting expedition beyond linguistics into literature, history, folklore, anthropology, philosophy, and science. |
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... dhel I duke : deuk dulcet : dlku dulciana : dlku dulcify : diku dulcimer : dlku , mel IV Dulcinea : diku dulia : lei II dull : dheu I , dheu II dullard : dheu II dulocracy : lei II dulosis : lei II dumb : dheu II dump : dhel II , dheub ...
... dhel I duke : deuk dulcet : dlku dulciana : dlku dulcify : diku dulcimer : dlku , mel IV Dulcinea : diku dulia : lei II dull : dheu I , dheu II dullard : dheu II dulocracy : lei II dulosis : lei II dumb : dheu II dump : dhel II , dheub ...
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... dhel I fecundity : dhe II , dhel I federal : bheidh Federal ( ist ) : da II Fedora : do fedora : do fee : bha I , pek II feeble : bhel II feel : pal feign : dheigh feint : dheigh feldspar : pela , sphereg felicitations : dhe II , dhel I ...
... dhel I fecundity : dhe II , dhel I federal : bheidh Federal ( ist ) : da II Fedora : do fedora : do fee : bha I , pek II feeble : bhel II feel : pal feign : dheigh feint : dheigh feldspar : pela , sphereg felicitations : dhe II , dhel I ...
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... dhel I fetch : ped feticide : dhel I fetid : odi fetish : dhe I fetlock : ped fetter : ped fetus : dhel I fidelious : bheidh fidelity : bheidh fidfad : tol Fidius : bheidh fiduciary : bheidh fief : pek II field : pela fiend : paen ...
... dhel I fetch : ped feticide : dhel I fetid : odi fetish : dhe I fetlock : ped fetter : ped fetus : dhel I fidelious : bheidh fidelity : bheidh fidfad : tol Fidius : bheidh fiduciary : bheidh fief : pek II field : pela fiend : paen ...
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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots Joseph Twadell Shipley No preview available - 2001 |
Common terms and phrases
ambhi bhag bhel bher bhes bheu bhili bhreg called caput coined columns deik dekm dheigh N dheigh N 13 dhel dheu eghs ending English folk etymology folkchanged French genus gerbh ghdhem gher goddess Greek guei guel hence ieug imitative jing kapr kel VIII King kleu ksei ksun kuei kuetuer labh Latin leguh leuk literally Love's Labor's Lost meaning medhi morui nebh nekut neuos oino onomen pilo plek pleu prefix relevant words beginning Roman root sek II seku Shakespeare skeu slang smeit smer sner song sound spek sphei ster steu suer suffix tag II tereq teue tragh uegh ueid ueik ueks uelu uer II uerg uiro W. S. Gilbert whence
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