Jaan Puhvel

Jaan Puhvel ( born January 24, 1932 in Tallinn ) is an Estonian- American orientalist and linguist.

Life

Jaan Puhvel fled in 1944 with his parents prior to the occupation of Estonia by the Soviet Union to Sweden. There he completed his schooling. From 1949 to 1952 studied Puhvel at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and from 1952 to 1954 at Harvard University. In 1954/55 he went on a scholarship to the universities in Paris and Uppsala.

Then Puhvel worked as a professor of classical languages ​​at McGill University in Montreal and at the University of Austin (Texas ). In 1959 he earned his doctorate at Harvard to Dr. phil. From 1958 he taught classical languages ​​and comparative Indo-European linguistics at the University of California, since 1964 with the title of professor. Since the 1990s he has also been a visiting professor at the University of Tartu.

Jaan Puhvel is with the Estonian microbiologist Sirje Madli Puhvel (* 1926) married. His brother is the Estonian- Canadian literary scholar and Altskandinavist Puhvel Martin ( b. 1933 ).

Work

Jaan Puhvel published numerous studies on Indo-European studies. His most famous work is not yet completed etymological dictionary of the Hittite, which has been published since 1984. As a student of Georges Dumézil Puhvel also researched extensively on comparative mythology.

Works (selection)

  • Laryngeals and the Indo-European verb (Berkeley, Los Angeles 1960)
  • Hittite Etymological Dictionary ( Berlin, New York, Amsterdam ) 1984, Vol 1 (A)
  • 1984, Vol 2 (E, I)
  • , 1991, vol 3 (h)
  • 1997, Vol 4 (K )
  • 2001, Vol 5 (L )
  • 2004, Vol 6 (M)
  • 2007, Vol 7 (N)
  • 2011, Vol 8 (PA )
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