Contents -- Preface to the Seventh German Edition (2000) -- Preface to the Eighth German Edition (2002) -- Preface to the English Translation of the Eighth German Edition -- Terminology, Symbols, Abbreviations -- 1. Terminology -- 2. Symbols, Writing Conventions, Citing Conventions -- 3. Abbreviations -- I. Introduction -- A. The Field and its Study -- B. Indo-European Linguistics in the Age of the PC and the Internet -- C. A Word on the History of Indo-European Linguistics -- D. Overview of the Indo-European Languages and their Sources -- E. The Reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European -- II. Proto-Indo-European Phonology -- A. General Information -- B. Proto-Indo-European Vowels -- C. Proto-Indo-European Consonants -- D. Larger Phonetic Unities -- III. Proto-Indo-European Morphology -- A. General Information -- B. Verbs -- C. Nouns and Adjectives -- D. Pronouns -- E. Numerals -- IV. Proto-Indo-European Syntax, prepared by M. Fritz -- A. General Information -- B. Sentence Syntax -- C. Verbal Morphosyntax -- D. Nominal Morphosyntax -- V. The Proto-Indo-European Lexicon -- A. General Information -- B. Word Formation -- C. The Lexicon of Names -- VI. Bibliography and Key to Reference Citations -- VII. Index.