This book was the vade mecum of Stephen Daedalus--as well as many non-fictional others in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. True, there's no entry for "tundish," but the book's otherwise an excellent and seemingly accurate source of linguistic enlightenment. It deserves nothing less than permanent placement on the shelf next to one's Strunk and White, Fowler, Partridge, Otto Jesperson, and Josefa Heifetz Byrne.

If you love or like James Joyce, you'll love this book. It was his favorite book. It is a benefit to have this book when reading _Ulysses_ or _Finnegans Wake_. And for any poet in love with language, this book is vital.

I carry this book around in my car, and have the unabridged in my office. They are incredibly useful source of insight - listen to the words people emphasize or repeat, then look them up here for "the rest of the story". The best of many etymological dictionaries out there for this use.

The Etymological Dictionary of the English Language is the best book of its kind. If you're fascinated by where words come from and what other languages English is rooted in, you'll love this concise dictionary. Great for researchers, teachers and students alike!

This is the pinnacle of 19th century Philology. The edition with which I'm familiar refers to "indo-aryan" roots. Undoubtedly, some of Skeat's misconceptions have been corrected, but the wealth of information here is amazingly interesting reading for anyone interested in the whence of English