American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots; Author: Revised by Watkins, Calvert; Introduction: Fortson, Benjamin W., Iv; Hardback; Book

Author: Revised by Watkins, Calvert; Introduction: Fortson, Benjamin W., Iv
2nd ed; Hardback; Book; Illustrations, Map
149 pages
Published: November 2000
Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 0395986109
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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 Watkinss 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 tDiscusses the nature, origins, and development of language and lists the meanings and associated word for more than thirteen thousand Indo-European root words.