Albanian Etymological Dictionary

Albanian Etymological Dictionary

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Book Description
This volume is a new compendium of Albanian etymology tracing thousands of modern Albanian words back to their origins. It contains detailed information on the Indo-European vocabulary preserved in Albanian as well as on numerous loanwords coming from ancient Greek, Latin, early Romance and Slavic.

The ancient elements of the Albanian vocabulary are used for the reconstruction of their Proto-Albanian origin and then compared with their Indo-European parallels. The history of Indo-European words and of early loanwords in Albanian shows the history and culture of the Albanian people reflected in the etymology of the Albanian language.

The book also includes a short sketch of Albanian historical phonetics and a vast bibliography. Every entry is extensively documented and contains earlier etymological explanations and interpretations.

About the Author
Vladimir Orel, Ph.D. (1981) in Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences, teaches historical linguistics at the Bar-Ilan University, Israel. His publications include Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary (Brill, 1995) and The Language of Phrygians (Caravan Books, 1998).

Albanian Etymological Dictionary,Vladimir E. Orel,Brill Academic Publishers,9004110240,Albanian language,Dictionaries,Etymology,Foreign Language - Dictionaries / Phrase Books,Indo-European Languages,Interior Design - General,Literary Criticism,Medieval,Miscellaneous

Book Contents:

1. An Ottoman Statesman in War and Peace: Ahmed Resmi Efendi 1700-1783 (The Ottoman Empire and Its Heritage : Politics, Society and Economy, Vol 3)
2. Aristotle's Topics (Philosophia Antiqua)
3. Ascetic Hasidism in Jerusalem: The Guardian-Of-The-Faithful Community of Mea Shearim (Studies in Judaism in Modern Times, Vol 10)
4. Blowflies (Diptera, Calliphoridae of Fennoscandia and Denmark)
5. Carnival in China: A Reading of the Xingshi Yinyuan Zhuan (China Studies, Vol. 1)
6. Casa & Estilo Internacional Design 2000 (Diseno/Design)
7. Catalogue of Jyotisa Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library: Sanskrit Astral and Mathematical Literature (Sir Henry Wellcome Asian Series, 2) (Sir Henry Wellcome Asian, 2)
8. Caused to Believe: The Doubting Thomas Story at the Climax of John's Christological Narrative (Biblical Interpretation Series)
9. Cerambycidae of Northern Asia: Cerambycinae
10. Christmas at Home: Gifts, Recipes, and Decorations for the Holidays

Book Contents

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