On Saturday 26 February 2011 02:01:17 Dotan Cohen wrote: > Geeks, help me here! Where can I find the etymology (word root) for > non-Biblical Hebrew words? Words such as "petria", or "mivreshet"? An > online source would be great, but I'm willing to buy a book if need > be. > > Thanks!
Dotan... Can you be more specific about the problem; can you give a concrete example of a problem you would have to solve, and what you would expect from "the book"? Is it to trace words from foreign-language origins (like Nanas from Greek, for example)? Or something else? I'm sure you have googled and found the lots of hits from <hebrew etymology> to be inadequate for your purpose. If that's the case, my own reaction would be to write to the Hebrew Language Academy and ask for a list of books. Or perhaps to walk into the University in Be'er-Sheva and find which professor can point you to the right place. Or maybe to go into their library and talk to the librarian. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
