Indo-European Cognate Dictionary Paperback – March 28, 2018

The book shows common Indo-European roots of many words in modern European languages. There are some small errors (for example, the Russian word "zena" means "wife", not "woman"; the word for woman is "zenshchina"), but the book is altogether interesting and informative, and a really nice read.

Great resource!

As others have noted, this is not a scholarly work, but maybe that is an advantage. I bought it on a whim, and I've been enjoying it. So many linguistics books are filled with jargon understood only by those within the linguistics community (and even then there is disagreement) so I was glad to find none of that here.Somebody else asked why there was no Armenian; I think the author mentions this in the introductory paragraph. I'm not even sure why Armenian is considered Indo-European and not its own language group. As for me, I would have liked to have seen more Persian, although the author admits that is due to her own lack of depth on that topic. However, almost every word I've encountered that has a Persian entry also has a Pashto entry and I find that very interesting.

Interesting info for language lovers.

Excellent and amusing introduction

For a student of Sanskrit this is a welcome addition to my Indo-European language shelf.

Was a Christmas gift for my brother!

This is a great guide for undergraduate students entering the field of more advanced language study. It gives plenty of examples and breaks them down by specific activity or noun type. It’s a great quick reference guide for more advanced students a a reminder for us older folk out of academia.