Beekes - Etymological Dictionary of Greek

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Beekes, R. S. P. (Robert Stephen Paul)
Etymological dictionary of Greek / by Robert Beekes ; with the assistance of
Lucien van Beek.
p. cm. - (Leiden Indo-European etymological dictionary series; v. 1011-2)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-90-04-17418-4 (hardback: alk. paper) 1. Greek language-Etymology­
Dictionaries. 1. Beek, Lucien van. n. Title.
PA422.B44 201O
482.03-dc22
2009036652
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME ONE
Preface ................................................................................................................................... vii
Pre-Greek loanwords in Greek ......................................................................................... xv
Abbreviations and symbols ............................................................................................... xlv
The Greek etymological dictionary A -A ............................................................................ 1
VOLUME TWO
The Greek etymological dictionary M-O' ....................................................................... 887
Bibliography ...................................................................................................................... 1687
Indices ................................................................................................................................ 1747
ISSN: 1574-3586
ISBN Set: 978 90 04 17418 4
ISBN Volume One: 978 90 04 17420 7
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