INTRODUCTION (2010/06/28)

INTRODUCTION (2010/06/28)

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 identify the Modern English derivatives/reflexes 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) 同じ語根を起源とする、現代英語における派生語／反映語を同定することにある。

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. ··············· R̥gveda
MBh. ············· Mahābhārata

3. Major References

● Platts (1884)
● Turner (1966)
● Pali-English dictionary (1925)
● Monier-Williams (1899)
● Paul Horn (1893)
● MacKenzie (1971)
● Steingass (1892)
● 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)
● The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, 2nd ed. (2000)
● Online Etymology Dictionary (2001)
● Manfred Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen (1986-2001)
● Indo-European Lexicon compiled by The Linguistics Research Center (LRC) of the University of Texas (in progress)

4. Indo-European sound laws

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-European_sound_laws

5. Font

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

6. Labels

etymological dictionary of Hindi
etymological dictionary of Urdu
Hindi etymological dictionary
Urdu etymological dictionary
ヒンディー語語源辞典
ウルドゥー語語源辞典