EtymologicalDictionaryofProtoGermanic(EDPG) EtymologicalDictionaryofProto ASneakPreview A Sneak Pre ie

GuusKroonen Postdoctoralscholar RootsofEurope Language,Culture,andMigrations InstituteforScandinavianStudiesandLinguistics g guus@hum.ku.dk www.rootsofeurope.ku.dk

EtymologicalDictionaryofProtoGermanic Etymological Dictionary of Proto GermanicAtotalof2763entriesconsistingof: ProtoGermanicreconstruction Grammaticalinformation Meaning AttestationsfromtheGermaniclanguages/dialects ExtraGermaniccomparanda E Etymologicaldiscussion l i l di i Subderivations Geographicdistribution

Changes,additionsandimprovements Changes additions and improvementsMostimportantadvancesascomparedtoolderworks,e.g.Julius PokornysIndogermanischesetymologischesWrterbuch(1959),V. k d i h l i h b h( ) OrelsHandbookofGermanicEtymology (2004): Implementationoftheverbaliterativesystemandits derivationalfallout Cf.Lhr1989;Kroonen2011;2012

ImplementationoftheGermanicSubstrateTheory 45%ofthevocabularyisdemonstrably nonIndoEuropean

Newmaterialfromtraditionallyoverlookedlanguagesand dialectssuchasFaroese,Elfdalian,MiddleDutch,Frisian, , , , , Alemannic,Cimbrian,etc. Newetymologies New perspective on the chronology of sound changes Newperspectiveonthechronologyofsoundchanges

Holtzmann slaw Holtzmanns lawPIE*i,*u >PGm.*jj,*ww>NEGm.*gg,*gg Go. waddjus, ON veggr wall < PGm. *wajju < *uoiH, cf. Lith. vti to twist Icel.sggurmoist,MHGsoujuice