The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. The series considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language.

Etymology and the European Lexicon enthält die Akten der 14. Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft, die vom 17. bis 22. September 2012 in Kopenhagen stattfand. Die 43 Beiträge des Bandes behandeln eine Vielfalt von Themen unter dem Rahmenthema Etymologie.