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I wanted to say thank you for bothering to answer my question on the reference desk with avulsion, you gave me the information I requested. Next time I'll just stick to the questions and not explanations. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CensoredScribe (talk • contribs) 18:23, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
Like I said, I haven't read Fortson, but I do recommend the Burgess, and Mallory's In Search of the Indo-Europeans. There are many other helpful books. Skeats' Etymological Dictionary of English is free online, as it is in the public domain. There's also a lot of stuff available by Winfred P. Lehmann on line in the public domain. That will be very technical, and won't make much sense if you don't at least have a familiarity with Greek or Latin and/or another branch like Slavic. Tom Shippey has a great etymological dictionary of English. But I'd really recommend Calvert Watkins' second or third (third is best) Amer. Heritage Hist. of PIE Roots. Cheap and a great read, and under 200 pages, with cultural notes and an great prefatory sketch. Bet you can get the 2nd ed. for a penny at Amazon, plus $20 shipping (or less).
If you are serious, register an email address with WP and send me an email. I can then respond with a bunch of pdf texts.μηδείς (talk) 21:03, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
Hello. I moved your post to the Language reference desk, and replied to it. The way to move a post is to simply delete it and repost it where necessary, ideally making that clear with edit summaries or notes on one or both pages. --Theurgist (talk) 12:38, 15 September 2021 (UTC)