Wednesday, October 29, 2008

INTRODUCTION

1. Views

This blog intends;

(1) to trace the history of Modern Hindi (Urdu) words back to the *PIE (Proto-Indo-European) roots, and

(2) to find the Modern English derivatives descended from the common *PIE roots.

このブログの意図するところは;

(1) ヒンディー(ウルドゥー)語の単語の語源をインド・ヨーロッパ祖語の語根までたどり、さらに、

(2) その語根を起源とする、現代英語における派生語を見いだすことにある。

2. Signs and Abbreviations

♣ (is) cognate with
< (is) derived from
> (has) developed into
◀, ▶ periodization sign
← (is) a loanword from
→ (is) a loanword into

PIE Proto-Indo-European
MIA Middle Indo-aryan
OIA Old Indo-aryan
Pers. Persian
Ap. Apabhraṁśa
Pa.
Pali
Pk. Prakrit
RV. R
̥gveda
MBh. Mahābhārata

3. Major References

Platts (1884)
Turner (1966)
Pali-English dictionary (1925)
Monier-Williams (1899)
Paul Horn (1893)
MacKenzie (1971)
Pokorny (1959)
Indo-European etymology (2007)
Germanic etymology (2008)
Indo-Aryan inherited lexicon [Lubotsky] (in progress)
Dictionary of the Iranian Verb [Cheung]
The American Heritage Dictionary, 4th ed. (2000)
Online Etymology Dictionary (2001)
Manfred Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen (1986-2001)

4. Font

The Roman alphabets with diacritical marks are made by using the TITUS font.

5. Labels

etymological dictionary of Hindi

etymological dictionary of Urdu

Hindi etymological dictionary

Urdu etymological dictionary