SettingsIndo-Europeanists
Andrew Sihler
Andrew Littleton Sihler (born 25 February 1941 in Seattle) is an American linguist and comparative Indo-Europeanist.
Andrew Littleton Sihler (born 25 February 1941 in Seattle) is an American linguist and comparative Indo-Europeanist.
Antoine Meillet
Paul Jules Antoine Meillet (; November 11, 1866, Moulins, Allier - September 21, 1936, Châteaumeillant) was one of the most important French linguists of the early 20th century.
Paul Jules Antoine Meillet (; November 11, 1866, Moulins, Allier - September 21, 1936, Châteaumeillant) was one of the most important French linguists of the early 20th century.
August Leskien
August Leskien was a German linguist active in the field of comparative linguistics, particularly relating to the Baltic and Slavic languages.
August Leskien was a German linguist active in the field of comparative linguistics, particularly relating to the Baltic and Slavic languages.
August Pott
August Friedrich Pott (November 14, 1802, Nettelrede, Hanover – July 5, 1887, Halle) was a German pioneer in linguistics.
August Friedrich Pott (November 14, 1802, Nettelrede, Hanover – July 5, 1887, Halle) was a German pioneer in linguistics.
Berthold Delbrück
Berthold Gustav Gottlieb Delbrück (26 July 1842 in Putbus auf Rügen - 3 January 1922 in Jena) was a German linguist who devoted himself to the study of the comparative syntax of the Indo-Europea...
Berthold Gustav Gottlieb Delbrück (26 July 1842 in Putbus auf Rügen - 3 January 1922 in Jena) was a German linguist who devoted himself to the study of the comparative syntax of the Indo-Europea...
Birgit Anette Olsen
Birgit Anette Olsen (Rasmussen) (April 2, 1952, Denmark) is a Danish linguist, associate professor at the Roots of Europe research center at the University of Copenhagen.
Birgit Anette Olsen (Rasmussen) (April 2, 1952, Denmark) is a Danish linguist, associate professor at the Roots of Europe research center at the University of Copenhagen.
Bruce Lincoln
Bruce Lincoln is Caroline E. Haskell Professor of the History of Religions in the Divinity School of the University of Chicago.
Bruce Lincoln is Caroline E. Haskell Professor of the History of Religions in the Divinity School of the University of Chicago.
Craig Melchert
H. Craig Melchert is a linguist known particularly for his work on the Anatolian branch of Indo-European.
H. Craig Melchert is a linguist known particularly for his work on the Anatolian branch of Indo-European.
Edgar Charles Polomé
Edgar Charles Polomé was a Belgian Indo-Europeanist, and professor of comparative religions and languages at the University of Texas.
Edgar Charles Polomé was a Belgian Indo-Europeanist, and professor of comparative religions and languages at the University of Texas.
Eduard Schwyzer
Eduard Schwyzer (15 February 1874, Zürich – 3 May 1943, Berlin) was a Swiss Classical philologist and Indo-European linguist, specializing in Ancient Greek and Greek dialects.
Eduard Schwyzer (15 February 1874, Zürich – 3 May 1943, Berlin) was a Swiss Classical philologist and Indo-European linguist, specializing in Ancient Greek and Greek dialects.
Eric P. Hamp
Eric Pratt Hamp is an American linguist.
Eric Pratt Hamp is an American linguist.
Eugène Burnouf
Eugène Burnouf (April 8, 1801 – May 28, 1852) was an eminent French scholar and orientalist who made significant contributions to the deciphering of Old Persian cuneiform.
Eugène Burnouf (April 8, 1801 – May 28, 1852) was an eminent French scholar and orientalist who made significant contributions to the deciphering of Old Persian cuneiform.
Ferdinand de Saussure
Ferdinand de Saussure was a Swiss linguist whose ideas laid a foundation for many significant developments in linguistics in the 20th century.
Ferdinand de Saussure was a Swiss linguist whose ideas laid a foundation for many significant developments in linguistics in the 20th century.
Franz Bopp
Franz Bopp was a German linguist known for extensive comparative work on Indo-European languages.
Franz Bopp was a German linguist known for extensive comparative work on Indo-European languages.
Frederik Kortlandt
Frederik Herman Henri (Frits) Kortlandt (June 19, 1946, Utrecht, The Netherlands) is a professor of descriptive and comparative linguistics at Leiden University.
Frederik Herman Henri (Frits) Kortlandt (June 19, 1946, Utrecht, The Netherlands) is a professor of descriptive and comparative linguistics at Leiden University.
Georg Holzer
Georg Holzer is Austrian Slavist and Indo-Europeanist.
Georg Holzer is Austrian Slavist and Indo-Europeanist.
Georg Morgenstierne
Georg Valentin von Munthe af Morgenstierne was a Norwegian professor of linguistics with the University of Oslo.
Georg Valentin von Munthe af Morgenstierne was a Norwegian professor of linguistics with the University of Oslo.
Georg Renatus Solta
Georg Renatus Solta (18 April 1919, Vienna - 2 May 2005) was an Austrian Indo-Europeanist who specialized in Balkan linguistics.
Georg Renatus Solta (18 April 1919, Vienna - 2 May 2005) was an Austrian Indo-Europeanist who specialized in Balkan linguistics.
Georges Dumézil
Georges Dumézil (4 March 1898, Paris – 11 October 1986) was a French comparative philologist best known for his analysis of sovereignty and power in Proto-Indo-European religion and society.
Georges Dumézil (4 March 1898, Paris – 11 October 1986) was a French comparative philologist best known for his analysis of sovereignty and power in Proto-Indo-European religion and society.
Gyula Farkas (linguistic scientist)
Farkas Gyula, or Julius von Farkas (27 September 1894, Kismarton/Eisenstadt, Sopron megye - 12 July 1958, Göttingen) was a Hungarian literary historian and Finno-Ugric linguist.
Farkas Gyula, or Julius von Farkas (27 September 1894, Kismarton/Eisenstadt, Sopron megye - 12 July 1958, Göttingen) was a Hungarian literary historian and Finno-Ugric linguist.
Helmut Rix
Helmut Rix (July 4, 1926–December 3, 2004) was a German linguist and professor of the Sprachwissenschaftliches Seminar of Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany.
Helmut Rix (July 4, 1926–December 3, 2004) was a German linguist and professor of the Sprachwissenschaftliches Seminar of Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany.
Hermann Hirt
Hermann Hirt (19 December 1865 in Magdeburg – 1936 in Gießen) was German philologist and Indo-Europeanist.
Hermann Hirt (19 December 1865 in Magdeburg – 1936 in Gießen) was German philologist and Indo-Europeanist.
Hermann Mittelberger
Hermann Mittelberger (24 January, 1935, Klagenfurt 13 May, 2004, Treibach-Althofen) was an Austrian Indo-Europeanist.
Hermann Mittelberger (24 January, 1935, Klagenfurt 13 May, 2004, Treibach-Althofen) was an Austrian Indo-Europeanist.
Hermann Osthoff
Hermann Osthoff (1847 – 1909) was a German linguist.
Hermann Osthoff (1847 – 1909) was a German linguist.
Hjalmar Frisk
Hjalmar Frisk (1900 - 1984) was a Swedish linguist in Indo-European studies and rector of Göteborg University 1951-1966.
Hjalmar Frisk (1900 - 1984) was a Swedish linguist in Indo-European studies and rector of Göteborg University 1951-1966.
Honoré Chavée
Honoré Chavée (1815–1877) was a Belgian Indo-Europeanist and Semitologist who started natural linguistics in France.
Honoré Chavée (1815–1877) was a Belgian Indo-Europeanist and Semitologist who started natural linguistics in France.
Ivan Sag
Ivan Sag (born November 9, 1949 in Alliance, Ohio) is an American linguist and cognitive scientist.
Ivan Sag (born November 9, 1949 in Alliance, Ohio) is an American linguist and cognitive scientist.
J. P. Mallory
James Patrick Mallory is an Irish-American archaeologist and Indo-Europeanist.
James Patrick Mallory is an Irish-American archaeologist and Indo-Europeanist.
Jaan Puhvel
Jaan Puhvel (born 24 January 1932, Tallinn) is an Estonian-American Indo-Europeanist.
Jaan Puhvel (born 24 January 1932, Tallinn) is an Estonian-American Indo-Europeanist.
Javier de Hoz
Jesús Javier de Hoz Bravo is philologist and Catedrático (University Professor).
Jesús Javier de Hoz Bravo is philologist and Catedrático (University Professor).
Jay Jasanoff
Jay Harold Jasanoff (; born June 12, 1942) is an American linguist and Indo-Europeanist, best known for his h₂e-conjugation theory of the Proto-Indo-European verb.
Jay Harold Jasanoff (; born June 12, 1942) is an American linguist and Indo-Europeanist, best known for his h₂e-conjugation theory of the Proto-Indo-European verb.
Jens Elmegård Rasmussen
Jens Elmegård Rasmussen (March 15, 1944, Denmark) is associate professor of Indo-European Studies and head of the Roots of Europe research center at the University of Copenhagen.
Jens Elmegård Rasmussen (March 15, 1944, Denmark) is associate professor of Indo-European Studies and head of the Roots of Europe research center at the University of Copenhagen.
Jerzy Kuryłowicz
Jerzy Kuryłowicz (1895-1978) was a Polish linguist who studied Indo-European languages.
Jerzy Kuryłowicz (1895-1978) was a Polish linguist who studied Indo-European languages.
Jochem Schindler
Jochem Schindler (8 November 1944 Amstetten, Lower Austria – 24 December 1994 Prague) was an Austrian Indo-Europeanist.
Jochem Schindler (8 November 1944 Amstetten, Lower Austria – 24 December 1994 Prague) was an Austrian Indo-Europeanist.
John Bengtson
John D. Bengtson is a historical and anthropological linguist.
John D. Bengtson is a historical and anthropological linguist.
Julius Pokorny
Julius Pokorny (June 12, 1887 – April 8, 1970) was an Austrian linguist and scholar of the Celtic languages, particularly Irish, and a supporter of Irish nationalism.
Julius Pokorny (June 12, 1887 – April 8, 1970) was an Austrian linguist and scholar of the Celtic languages, particularly Irish, and a supporter of Irish nationalism.
Jürgen Untermann
Jürgen Untermann (Rheinfelden, 24 October 1928) is a German linguist, indoeuropeanist and epigraphist.
Jürgen Untermann (Rheinfelden, 24 October 1928) is a German linguist, indoeuropeanist and epigraphist.
Karl Friedrich Geldner
Karl Friedrich Geldner (December 17, 1852 – February 5, 1929) was a German linguist best known for his analysis and synthesis of Avestan and Vedic Sanskrit texts.
Karl Friedrich Geldner (December 17, 1852 – February 5, 1929) was a German linguist best known for his analysis and synthesis of Avestan and Vedic Sanskrit texts.
Karl Hoffmann (linguist)
Karl Hoffmann (26 February 1915 – 21 May 1996) was a German linguist who specialized in Indo-European and Indo-Iranian studies.
Karl Hoffmann (26 February 1915 – 21 May 1996) was a German linguist who specialized in Indo-European and Indo-Iranian studies.
Karl Verner
Karl (Adolph) Verner (; 7 March 1846 in Århus – 5 November 1896 in Copenhagen) was a Danish linguist.
Karl (Adolph) Verner (; 7 March 1846 in Århus – 5 November 1896 in Copenhagen) was a Danish linguist.
Ludwik Zabrocki
Ludwik Zabrocki (November 24, 1907 in Czersk – October 8, 1977 in Poznań) was a Polish linguist, an expert in German and Indo-European studies.
Ludwik Zabrocki (November 24, 1907 in Czersk – October 8, 1977 in Poznań) was a Polish linguist, an expert in German and Indo-European studies.
Luigi Pio Tessitori
Luigi Pio Tessitori, a great Indologist and Linguist was born in Udine, a city in northeastern Italy, on 13 December 1887 and died, at the age of 32, in Bikaner city of Rajasthan state in India.
Luigi Pio Tessitori, a great Indologist and Linguist was born in Udine, a city in northeastern Italy, on 13 December 1887 and died, at the age of 32, in Bikaner city of Rajasthan state in India.
Manfred Mayrhofer
Manfred Mayrhofer was an Austrian Indo-Europeanist who specialized in Indo-Iranian languages.
Manfred Mayrhofer was an Austrian Indo-Europeanist who specialized in Indo-Iranian languages.
Manu Leumann
Manu Leumann (1889-1977) was a Swiss Indo-Europeanist, son of Indologist Ernst Leumann.
Manu Leumann (1889-1977) was a Swiss Indo-Europeanist, son of Indologist Ernst Leumann.
Mark R.V. Southern
Mark Roderick Vendrell Southern (March 3, 1961 – March 15, 2006) was an Indo-Europeanist and professor of German and linguistics.
Mark Roderick Vendrell Southern (March 3, 1961 – March 15, 2006) was an Indo-Europeanist and professor of German and linguistics.
Max Müller
Friedrich Maximillian Müller, more regularly known as Max Müller, was a German philologist and Orientalist, one of the founders of the western academic field of Indian studies and the disc...
Friedrich Maximillian Müller, more regularly known as Max Müller, was a German philologist and Orientalist, one of the founders of the western academic field of Indian studies and the disc...
Michiel de Vaan
Michiel de Vaan is a Dutch linguist and Indo-Europeanist, professor at the University of Leiden where he teaches comparative Indo-European linguistics, historical linguistics and dialectology.
Michiel de Vaan is a Dutch linguist and Indo-Europeanist, professor at the University of Leiden where he teaches comparative Indo-European linguistics, historical linguistics and dialectology.
Oswald Szemerényi
Oswald John Louis Szemerényi was a Hungarian Indo-Europeanist with strong interests in comparative linguistics in general.
Oswald John Louis Szemerényi was a Hungarian Indo-Europeanist with strong interests in comparative linguistics in general.
Otto Schrader (philologist)
Otto Schrader (* March 28, 1855 in Weimar; † March 21, 1919 in Breslau) was a German philologist best known for his work on the history of German and Proto-Indo-European vocabulary dealing with ...
Otto Schrader (* March 28, 1855 in Weimar; † March 21, 1919 in Breslau) was a German philologist best known for his work on the history of German and Proto-Indo-European vocabulary dealing with ...
Paul Kretschmer
Paul Kretschmer (2 May 1866 – 9 March 1956) was a German linguist who studied the earliest history and interrelations of the Indo-European languages and showed how they were influenced by non-I...
Paul Kretschmer (2 May 1866 – 9 March 1956) was a German linguist who studied the earliest history and interrelations of the Indo-European languages and showed how they were influenced by non-I...
Peter Schrijver
Peter Schrijver, born in Delft, 1963, is a Dutch linguist, who is a professor of Celtic languages (Welsh, Cornish, and Breton) at Utrecht University, and researcher of ancient Indo-European ling...
Peter Schrijver, born in Delft, 1963, is a Dutch linguist, who is a professor of Celtic languages (Welsh, Cornish, and Breton) at Utrecht University, and researcher of ancient Indo-European ling...
Rasmus Christian Rask
Rasmus (Christian) Rask (22 November 1787, Brændekilde on the Danish island of Funen - 14 November 1832, Copenhagen) was a Danish scholar and philologist.
Rasmus (Christian) Rask (22 November 1787, Brændekilde on the Danish island of Funen - 14 November 1832, Copenhagen) was a Danish scholar and philologist.
Robert S. P. Beekes
Robert Stephen Paul Beekes is Emeritus Professor of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics at the University of Leiden and the author of many books about Proto-Indo-European, the reconstructed pa...
Robert Stephen Paul Beekes is Emeritus Professor of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics at the University of Leiden and the author of many books about Proto-Indo-European, the reconstructed pa...
Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze
Tamaz (Thomas) Valeryanovich Gamkrelidze (Georgian: თამაზ გამყრელიძე; Тама́з Валериа́нович Гамкрели́дзе) (born October 23, 1929) is a distinguished Georgian linguist, orientalist public benefact...
Tamaz (Thomas) Valeryanovich Gamkrelidze (Georgian: თამაზ გამყრელიძე; Тама́з Валериа́нович Гамкрели́дзе) (born October 23, 1929) is a distinguished Georgian linguist, orientalist public benefact...
Victor H. Mair
Victor Henry Mair (born 1943) is a Philologist specializing in Sinitic and Indo-European languages, and holds the position of Professor of Chinese Language and Literature in the Department of Ea...
Victor Henry Mair (born 1943) is a Philologist specializing in Sinitic and Indo-European languages, and holds the position of Professor of Chinese Language and Literature in the Department of Ea...
Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov
Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov (Вячесла́в Все́володович Ива́нов, born 21 August 1929, Moscow) is a prominent Soviet/Russian philologist and Indo-Europeanist probably best known for his glottali...
Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov (Вячесла́в Все́володович Ива́нов, born 21 August 1929, Moscow) is a prominent Soviet/Russian philologist and Indo-Europeanist probably best known for his glottali...
Wilhelm Streitberg
Wilhelm August Streitberg (23 February 1856 in Rüdesheim am Rhein–19 August 1925 in Leipzig) was a German Indo-Europeanist, specializing in Germanic languages.
Wilhelm August Streitberg (23 February 1856 in Rüdesheim am Rhein–19 August 1925 in Leipzig) was a German Indo-Europeanist, specializing in Germanic languages.
William Jones (philologist)
Sir William Jones (28 September 1746 – 27 April 1794) was an English philologist and scholar of ancient India, particularly known for his proposition of the existence of a relationship amo...
Sir William Jones (28 September 1746 – 27 April 1794) was an English philologist and scholar of ancient India, particularly known for his proposition of the existence of a relationship amo...
Winfred P. Lehmann
Winfred P. Lehmann (23 June 1916, Surprise, Nebraska – 1 August 2007, Austin, Texas) was an American linguist noted for his work in historical linguistics, particularly Proto-Indo-European and P...
Winfred P. Lehmann (23 June 1916, Surprise, Nebraska – 1 August 2007, Austin, Texas) was an American linguist noted for his work in historical linguistics, particularly Proto-Indo-European and P...
Wolfgang Krause
Wolfgang Krause (18 September 1895, Steglitz – 14 August 1970, Göttingen) was a German linguist.
Wolfgang Krause (18 September 1895, Steglitz – 14 August 1970, Göttingen) was a German linguist.
Wolfgang U. Dressler
Wolfgang U. Dressler (born 22 December 1939) is an Austrian professor of linguistics at the University of Vienna.
Wolfgang U. Dressler (born 22 December 1939) is an Austrian professor of linguistics at the University of Vienna.
Émile Benveniste
Émile Benveniste was a French Jewish structural linguist, semiotician, an apprentice of Antoine Meillet and his successor, who, in his later years, became enlightened by the structural view of l...
Émile Benveniste was a French Jewish structural linguist, semiotician, an apprentice of Antoine Meillet and his successor, who, in his later years, became enlightened by the structural view of l...
Émile-Louis Burnouf
Émile-Louis Burnouf (1821–1907) was a leading nineteenth-century Orientalist and racialist whose ideas influenced the development of theosophy and Aryanism.
Émile-Louis Burnouf (1821–1907) was a leading nineteenth-century Orientalist and racialist whose ideas influenced the development of theosophy and Aryanism.