The origins of English words : a discursive dictionary of Indo-European roots /

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...

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Main Author:	Shipley, Joseph T. (Joseph Twadell), 1893-1988
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [1984]
Subjects:	English language > Etymology. English language > Word formation. English language > Roots. Indo-European languages > Etymology.