The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European RootsJohns Hopkins University Press, 1984 M03 1 - 672 pages There 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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Page 489
... gerbh , kar crayfish : gerbh , kar , kueit crayon : ker III , sek VI creak : ker IV cream : gher I create : ker VI creation : ker VI creationism : ker VI creative : kreu creature : ker VI crèche : ger I credence : kred I credentials ...
... gerbh , kar crayfish : gerbh , kar , kueit crayon : ker III , sek VI creak : ker IV cream : gher I create : ker VI creation : ker VI creationism : ker VI creative : kreu creature : ker VI crèche : ger I credence : kred I credentials ...
Page 505
... gerbh epigram : gerbh epigynous : guen epilepsy : labh , slagu epilogue : leg I Epimetheus : el 61 , keu II epimysium : mus epiotic : ous epiphany : bha II epiphyte : bheu epiploon : pel VI episcopal : spek episode : aud , en , sed II ...
... gerbh epigram : gerbh epigynous : guen epilepsy : labh , slagu epilogue : leg I Epimetheus : el 61 , keu II epimysium : mus epiotic : ous epiphany : bha II epiphyte : bheu epiploon : pel VI episcopal : spek episode : aud , en , sed II ...
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... gerbh scrabble : ker III , sek VI scrap : ker III , sek V scrape : ker III , sek V scratch : gerbh , ker III scrawl : gerbh , krak screak : skrei scream : jing , skrei screech : jing , skrei screed : sek VIII screen : sek IX scribble : ...
... gerbh scrabble : ker III , sek VI scrap : ker III , sek V scrape : ker III , sek V scratch : gerbh , ker III scrawl : gerbh , krak screak : skrei scream : jing , skrei screech : jing , skrei screed : sek VIII screen : sek IX scribble : ...
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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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