Re: IE wordlist?

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> From: Constructed Languages List [mailto:CONLANG@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU]On
> Behalf Of Charles
> Sent: Wednesday, November 3, 1999 12:42 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG
> Subject: Re: IE wordlist?
> Paul Bennett wrote:
> >
> > I've found this:
> > http://www.ntu.edu.au/education/langs/ielex/HEADPAGE.html
> > which may or may not be news and/or of interest to some or less of the
> > listmembers.
[...]

> It is the Swadesh list of 100-200 words, in many languages.
> I have often looked for a complete list of PIE roots on the net,
> but never found one. There are fine lists for Indic languages,
> or Latin or Greek, but ... There are PIE roots scattered
> through various paper-bound dictionaries, my favorite is
> "The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology).
> For conlang purposes we need more naked ascii wordlists.
Alas, 'tis true. As for dictionaries, I bought my _American Heritage
Dictionary of the English Language_ (oops, rather I asked my mom to buy it
for my birthday :) ) simply for its list of PIE roots. It's got a lot, it
only lists roots and their reflexes where they pertain somehow to words
which have entered English, which I would imagine omits a lot of words. Oh
well.