Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic


Book Description

The Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic traces back the Germanic lexicon to its Indo-European foundations and forms a landmark study of Proto-Germanic phonology, morphology and derivation.




Dictionary of German Names


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This dictionary provides details of more than 15,000 German names in English. Variant spellings, and the meaning and origins of each name are given.
















Etymology of meanings. Brief etymological dictionary of planetary toponyms. At the origins of civilization


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The author reveals the amazing secrets of toponyms. The languages of the mankind grew out of an ancient community but now their kinship is barely visible. However, the preserved names that the ancestors gave to the features of the landscape make it easy to realize how the names Rome and Paris, Iowa and Missouri, London and the Thames, the Baikal, the Dardanelles and others appeared. Reading will help to see the world around you in a new way and awaken interest to the truth.




Etymological Dictionary of Grasses


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The dictionary provides explanations of the meaning and origins of generic and specific names of grasses, one of the largest and economically most important plant families. There are about 15,000 entries which far exceeds in number those of any other dictionary in print. Most of the names published during the past 250 years are included. This work should be of value to a wide audience including ecologists, agronomists, and anthropologists.