摘要：As part of the project Onomastic and Etymological Research of Croatian Language at the Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics, a comprehensive etymological dictionary of Croatian language will be made. The dictionary will follow Skok’s extensive lexicographical data, but will also be enriched with more recent etymological, onomastic and dialectal information. The Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics aims to adjust its lexicographical activities with standardized digital encoding formats of lexicographical data. The comprehensive etymological dictionary will also be made according to the same standards. Existing models of digital encoding formats mainly suggest the structure of general purpose dictionaries, while the structure of special dictionaries (like etymological) needs to be expanded. This paper will present the new, Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of Croatian Language and digital structure of its entry. Problems in the process of structuring the entry occur mainly because of the fact that every word has its own history, hence every entry in the dictionary has the unique structure. The model of the structure will be presented on the examples from the new etymological dictionary. The structure is not definite, but it is open for consideration, evaluation and suggestions of the scientific community.
关键词：etymology; Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of Croatian Language; Tshwanelex; digital structure
