Q: Watkins's IE dictionary

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The dictionary is now out of print, I believe. Here's the full reference
(you may be able to get a used copy from amazon.com or bn.com):

The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, revised and edited
by Calvert Watkins. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1985. ISBN 0-395-36070-6 pbk or
0-395-37888-5 hardback.

- Paul Hopper

--On Mon, Dec 13, 1999 9:11 am +0000 "Larry Trask" <larryt at cogs.susx.ac.uk>
wrote:

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> The first edition of the American Heritage Dictionary carried a
> dictionary of the PIE roots attested in English, compiled by Calvert
> Watkins.  Can anybody tell me if that dictionary can be bought
> separately, and, if so, where?
>
>
> Larry Trask
> COGS
> University of Sussex
> Brighton BN1 9QH
> UK
>
> larryt at cogs.susx.ac.uk