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Fiona McPherson, PhD

A new type of dictionary. An indispensable reference for language learners within the Indo-European language family, as well as for any who love words.

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Please note that the pdf version is a pdf of the print edition, and thus indexing and cross-references use page numbers rather than links.

 

A new type of dictionary. An indispensable reference for language learners within the Indo-European language family, as well as for any who love words and want to deepen their understanding of English, or any of these other languages.

This dictionary records words from 32 languages, covering eight of the nine living branches of the Indo-European language ‘tree’. These languages are English, Old English, Frisian, Dutch, German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Norse, Welsh, Irish, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Ancient Greek, Modern Greek, Lithuanian, Latvian, Russian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Macedonian, Albanian, Sanskrit, Hindi, Persian, Pashto. Of these, the Germanic and Romance languages are covered far more completely and deeply, with nearly 32,000 of the 40,000 words in the dictionary belonging to these groups.

The dictionary consists of two parts. The first part contains the pages for each Proto-Indo-European word (the root word), showing cognates in the chosen languages plus various descendants and derivatives. These pages are arranged thematically, allowing you to browse or study. Search is enabled by the second part to the dictionary, which contains a separate index for each language, telling you where to find each word.

 

 

 

Publication date: March, 2018

File size: 8.93 MB (pdf) / 2.7 MB (ePub) / 537 pages

ISBN:

978-1-927166-41-3 (pdf)

978-1-927166-40-6 (epub)

978-1-927166-39-0 (mobi)

 

 

 

About this dictionary

Introduction

Abbreviations

Dictionary

People

Kinship

Pronouns

Body

Head

Limbs & Joints

Torso & Organs

Internal components

Bodily functions

Cognitive function

Emotion

Social

Movement

Object motion

Construction & Production

Tools

Dwelling

Mineral products

Farming

Flora & Fauna

Trees

Plants

Mammals

Reptiles

Marine animals

Birds

Insects

Animal products

Environment

Sky

Weather

Terrain

Fire

Time

Numbers & Wholeness

Directions

Basic adjectives

Colours

Index of Proto-Indo-European Roots

Word Index

English

Old English

Frisian

Dutch

German

Norse

Norwegian

Swedish

Danish

Icelandic

Welsh

Irish

Latin

French

Italian

Spanish

Portuguese

Romanian

Ancient Greek

Greek

Russian

Polish

Czech

Slovak

Macedonian

Lithuanian

Latvian

Albanian

Sanskrit

Hindi

Pashto

Persian

"Your Indo-European Cognate Dictionary is amazing! I've been reading it for the past hour and I am hooked.  I really think this will be helpful in teaching etymological relationships to my students, but even if it isn't, it's such a fun and interesting book!"  Jeffrey