Chambers's Etymological Dictionary of the English Language: Pronouncing, Explanatory, Etymological (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Chambers's Etymological Dictionary of the English Language: Pronouncing, Explanatory, EtymologicalIn this department full advantage has been taken of the best French and German works, as also of the labours oi' the new English school or philologists, who have done so much during the last twenty years to promote the historic and scientific study of our own language Special acknowledgment of indebtedness is due to Diez, EM girder Wb'rterbucfi de-r Rmmlwfias Sprocket. (4th ed. 1878) to Littré's great work; to the dewar-m norms (3d ed. T878) of Weigand, one of the continuators of Grimm and above all to Prof. Skeat, whose Etymological Dictionary is indispensable toevery scientific student of the English language. Great assistance has also been obtained from the Emologs'rckr www do Englilem Spud: (2d ed. 1878) of n Muller; from the French Etymological Dictionaries or Brachet and Scheler; from Diefenbach's Gothic Dictionary; from the works of Morris and Trench; and hunt the well-known lectures of Max Millier. As final authorities in their respective languages. The following dictionaries have been used, Liddell and Scott's Greek Lexicon and Vigfnsson.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.