Important context on Index Diachronica: it's intended mostly for conlangers aiming for naturalistic/believable conlangs, in order to implement sound changes in their conlangs. I've seen a few linguists using them in informal discussion for Historical Linguistics, but it should be taken with a grain of salt since, while it's an amazing resource, there might be some rough corners and errors here and there, and it includes families discredited by the academy (as Altaic).
Important context on Index Diachronica: it's intended mostly for conlangers aiming for naturalistic/believable conlangs, in order to implement sound changes in their conlangs. I've seen a few linguists using them in informal discussion for Historical Linguistics, but it should be taken with a grain of salt since, while it's an amazing resource, there might be some rough corners and errors here and there, and it includes families discredited by the academy (as Altaic).