Etymologisches Wörterbuch zu Rabelais (Gargantua)

The -Etymological Dictionary on Rabelais (Gargantua)- sets out to supply a semantic analysis of difficult and ostensibly 'easy' words (faux amis) used by Rabelais (1494?--1553) and to serve as a foundation for historical interpretation (linguistic and literary). To this end it provides systematic cross-references to the FEW dictionary (-French Etymological Dictionary-) and lists all the earliest known sources. The study of -Gargantua- has produced some 800 first references for words and meanings. The reference material has been verified from a language-historical viewpoint and the etymologies established by drawing on the FEW. This material consists of excerpts from -Gargantua- and the Rabelais references in all 25 volumes of the FEW."