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The New Oxford American Dictionary (2005) Second edition, published by Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-517077-6; Pyles, T. (1964). The Origin and Development of the English Language. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. Speake, Jennifer (ed.) (1997). The Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases. Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19 ...
Oleg Trubachev [translation with substantial additions to each entry] Vasmer M.: Etimologicheskii slovar russkogo yazyka, 1st edition 1964–1973; 3rd edition 1996 Etymological Dictionary of the Russian language - online
The dictionary was conceived in the 1950s with the inadequacy of the existing Slavic etymological dictionaries in mind. [1] Since 1961 the preparations began for the dictionary under the direction of Oleg Trubachev at the Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the USSR . [ 2 ]
The dictionary served as a base for Vasmer's Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language , the most comprehensive Slavic etymological lexicon. For his great dictionary Dal was honoured by the Lomonosov Medal, the Constantine Medal [8] (1863) and an honorary fellowship in the Russian Academy of Sciences.
[2] [3] Another etymological dictionary written by G.P. Cyganenko takes a more modern look at the theories presented by Vasmer and others, and mostly explains origins for words that are most common and is not as extensive as the works of Vasmer or Trubachev. [4]
The Russian translation of Vasmer's dictionary – with extensive commentaries by Oleg Trubachyov – was printed in 1964–1973. As of 2015, it remains the most authoritative source for Slavic etymology. The Russian version is available on Sergei Starostin's Tower of Babel web site. [citation needed]
His Albanian Etymological Dictionary (1998) is a useful overview of existing etymologies, and it well complements his A Concise Historical Grammar of Albanian (2000). The monograph Phrygian Language (1997) summarizes the old/neo-Phrygian epigraphy, interpretation of all the known inscriptions until the 1990s and the corresponding grammatical ...
Most languages of the former Soviet Union and of some neighbouring countries (for example, Mongolian) are significantly influenced by Russian, especially in vocabulary.The Romanian, Albanian, and Hungarian languages show the influence of the neighboring Slavic nations, especially in vocabulary pertaining to urban life, agriculture, and crafts and trade—the major cultural innovations at times ...