DERBi PIE: A Database of Etymological Roots Beginning in Proto-Indo-European

DERBi PIE, a Database of Etymological Roots Beginning in Proto-Indo-European, is being designed as the go-to resource for scholars and non-scholars to investigate the prehistory of words in the Indo-European languages. The goal is to create a functional database that includes entries from multiple etymological dictionaries, all cross-listed, and weighted according to prominence and citation. In addition, the database will include search tools that allow researchers to investigate matters beyond what is currently possible (i.e., identifying if a certain meaning existed in PIE or a specific root shape), including searching for formations by semantic type, morphological category, and even searching through digitized (and lemmatized) texts for specific roots and formations.