| “Tui BARNHARI DICTIONARY ETYMOLOGY BARNHART DICTIONARY OF ETYMOLOGY Robert K. Barnhart, Editor Sol Steinmetz, Managing Editor THE H.W. WILSON COMPANY « 1988 Theology Library SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY AT CLAREMONT Californie Copyright © 1988 by The H. W. Wilson Company. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means, including but not restricted to graphic, electronic, and mechanical—for example, photocopying, recording, taping, or information and retrieval systems—without the express written permission of the publish- er, except that a reviewer may quote and a magazine or newspaper may print brief passages as part of a review written specifically for inclusion in that maga- zine or newspaper. First Printing Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Barnhart dictionary of etymology / edited by Robert K. Barnhart ; p- cm. Bibliography: p. ISBN 0—8242-0745-9 1. English language—Etymology—Dictionaries. I. Barnhart, Robert K. PE1580.B35 1988 422° .03—dc19 87-27994 CIP Book design by Martin Connell PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Table of Contents SESY EP WA eaep hca ges at rs alge ba a a ares PAL RN ry Vii Editorial Committee of Contributing Scholars..................... x Original Committee of Contributing Scholars.....................xi oCTUTHTE T SEL vee: pega aan, a a Renate cee ae eal. 4c xii SEL EEDA COL RENO) FSSA E Tis Sees eee ER a Os, eR eS 4 BOE ViatiOns,OL LicuOnary: LIVES... <5 o<n owns acon fa ncccence.cXeV I RarCI AC ONO CY ee ac cies he ns cise ce MES « ie yess cae ne XVii Short History of the English Language by Einar Haugen...... XViii General Statement on Proto-Germanic and frao-buropean.Dy Ralph. Ua. Ward cng. s- sins sy ances oat ie ep XXiv RETO) RESTS U2T eN y sig eagle al ane ee apt nS aaa vee eve IA Re PD CP 1 Glossary of Language Names and Linguistic Terms ........... 1259 Glossary of Early Literary Works Cited ......................: 1275 RPOCA EAD Y ger meer a eC aceon an on oe Les yn Ge ae Aa 1283