Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic

Inherited Lexicon
Rick Derksen

· November 2014
· ISBN: 9789004278981
· Hardback (xii, 684 pp.)
· List price: €210.- / $272.-
· Language: English
· Leiden Indo-European
Etymological Dictionary Series, 13
· Imprint: BRILL
Subject
Language and Linguistics › Indo-European
Languages
Language and Linguistics › Dictionaries,
Encyclopedias & Bibliographies
Like its Slavic counterpart (2008), the Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited
Lexicon aims at combining recent insights from comparative Indo-European linguistics
with modern Balto-Slavic accentology. While the Lithuanian lexicon serves as a starting-
point, the dictionary contains a number of etyma that are unique to Latvian or Old
Prussian. Unlike in most other Baltic etymological studies, both Latvian and Lithuanian
accentual data feature prominently. The author’s renewed attempt to reconstruct part of
the Balto-Slavic lexicon has resulted in numerous additions and corrections.
The introductory chapter explains the structure of the dictionary and clarifies its
theoretical framework. In addition, it provides a concise introduction to Baltic historical
linguistics. The volume concludes with an extensive bibliography and a word index.

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