The ''Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch'' (''IEW''; "Indo-European Etymological Dictionary") was published in 1959 by the Austrian-German comparative linguist and Celtic languages expert
Julius Pokorny. It is an updated and slimmed-down reworking of the three-volume ''Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen'' (1927–1932, by
Alois Walde and Julius Pokorny).
Both of these works aim to provide an overview of the lexical knowledge of the
Proto-Indo-European language
Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages. No direct record of Proto-Indo-E ...
accumulated through the early 20th century. The ''IEW'' is now significantly outdated, especially as it was conservative even when it was written, ignoring the now integral
laryngeal theory
The laryngeal theory is a theory in the historical linguistics of the Indo-European languages positing that:
* The Proto-Indo-European language (PIE) had a series of phonemes beyond those reconstructable by the comparative method. That is, th ...
, and hardly including any
Anatolian material.
Editions
*French & European Publications (1969),
*Francke 4th ed. (2002), 5th ed. (2005),
See also
*
Proto-Indo-European language
Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages. No direct record of Proto-Indo-E ...
*
Proto-Indo-European root
The roots of the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European language (PIE) are basic parts of words that carry a lexical meaning, so-called morphemes. PIE roots usually have verbal meaning like "to eat" or "to run". Roots never occurred alone in the lan ...
;Other Proto-Indo-European language dictionaries and grammars
* ''
Grundriß der vergleichenden Grammatik der indogermanischen Sprachen'' (published 1886–1916 by
Karl Brugmann
Karl Brugmann (16 March 1849 – 29 June 1919) was a German linguist. He is noted for his work in Indo-European linguistics.
Biography
He was educated at the universities of Halle and Leipzig. He taught at the gymnasium at Wiesbaden and at Lei ...
and
Berthold Delbrück)
* ''
Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben'' (''LIV'', published 1998 and 2001 by
Helmut Rix
Helmut Rix (4 July 1926, in Amberg – 3 December 2004, in Colmar) was a German linguist and professor of the Sprachwissenschaftliches Seminar of Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany.
He is best known for his research into Indo-Euro ...
and others)
* ''
Indo-European Etymological Dictionary'', an ongoing project based in
Leiden, intended to result in the publication of a comprehensive Indo-European etymological dictionary and described by its authors as a successor of the ''IEW''
External links
*
''Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch'' by Julius Pokorny(English translation)
(Eindhoven University of Technology)
(based on the ''IEW'', but includes laryngeals as well as Tocharian and Anatolian material, and a short grammar and an English–Indo-European dictionary)
1959 non-fiction books
Etymological dictionaries
Indo-European linguistics works
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