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Wed Sep 03 2025

Books: Etymological Dictionary of Gothic Online: Lehmann (2025)

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Date: 03-Sep-2025
From: Rosanna Woensdregt <rosanna.woensdregtdegruyterbrill.com>
Subject: Etymological Dictionary of Gothic Online: Lehmann (2025)
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Title: Etymological Dictionary of Gothic Online
Series Title: Indo-European Etymological Dictionaries Online
Publication Year: 2025

Publisher: De Gruyter Brill
https://www.degruyterbrill.com/?changeLang=en
Book URL: https://dictionaries.brillonline.com/gothic

Author(s): Winfred P. Lehmann. With bibliography prepared under the direction of Helen-Jo J. Hewitt.

Online at https://dictionaries.brillonline.com/gothic

ISBN: 978-90-04-75033-3

Abstract:

Gothic is the earliest attested Germanic language. Although now extinct and without any direct modern descendants, it has left a significant imprint—particularly on the Romance languages. As such, Gothic offers invaluable source material for Indo-Europeanists, researchers of language contact, typologists, and general linguists alike.
"The Etymological Gothic Dictionary Online" is a unique and comprehensive resource featuring advanced search functionalities —an essential addition to any academic library.

Based on the third edition of "Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Gotischen Sprache" by Sigmund Feist. With Bibliography prepared under the direction of H.-J.J. Hewitt.

Winfred Philip Lehmann (June 23, 1916 – August 1, 2007) was an American linguist who specialized in historical, Germanic, and Indo-European linguistics. He was for many years a professor and head of department for linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin and served as president of both the Linguistic Society of America and the Modern Language Association. His major publications include "Proto-Indo-European Phonology" (1952), "Historical Linguistics: An Introduction" (1962, 2nd edition 1973, 3rd edition, 1992), "Proto-Indo-European Syntax" (1974), "Language: An Introduction" (1982), "Theoretical Bases of Indo-European Linguistics" (1993), "Pre-Indo-European," (2002). His "A Gothic Etymological Dictionary" was published by Brill in 1986.

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
Lexicography
Semantics

Subject Language(s): Gothic (got)

Language Family(ies): East Germanic
Indo-European

Written In: English (eng)




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