Wilhelm Streitberg

Wilhelm August armed Berg ( born February 23, 1856 in Rudesheim am Rhein, † August 19 1925 in Leipzig ) was an Indo-Europeanist who specialized in Germanic languages, in particular the Gothic.

Life

Armed Berg studied at the University of Leipzig in Indo-European known professors such as Karl Brugmann and Ernst Windisch. Together with Brugmann he later founded the magazine " Indo-European research ."

In 1909 he was appointed a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences.

He was with Gertrude Liesken, a subsidiary of Indo-Europeanists August Leskien married.

Works (selection)

  • Proto-Germanic grammar. Introduction to the comparative study of ancient Germanic dialects. 4th Ed Winter, Heidelberg 1974, ISBN 3-533-00504-6 (EA 1896).
  • Gothic elementary book. 5/6 Ed Winter, Heidelberg 1920 ( EA 1897).
  • The Gothic Bible. Winter, Heidelberg 2000 ( Nachdr d ed Heidelberg 1908/10 ).
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