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The root ablaut of Tocharian B /pər-/, A pär- ‘carry’ revisited
Vědecký článek
Datum publikování: 2018
Abstrakt: In a previous article (R. Kim 2010), it was claimed largely on the basis of Tocharian that PIE simple thematic presents originally alternated between full- and zero-grade of the root. This claim is hereby retracted, since ...
Comparative perspectives on bee law in Indo-European
Vědecký článek
Datum publikování: 2018
Abstrakt: An illuminating comparison can be made between Early Irish bee law, as reflected in the Bechbretha,
and the bee section of the archaic Albanian law code, Chapter 53 of the Kanun of Lek Dukagjin, with
reference as well to ...
“Place in my hands the inexhaustible craft of medicine!” Physicians and healing at the royal court of Esarhaddon
Vědecký článek
Datum publikování: 2018
Abstrakt: The medicine of ancient Mesopotamia has long been the topic of investigation, but the texts explored
within this field are mainly “handbooks” for persons practising medicine and lists of diseases. This
medical literature, ...
Measuring the perception of a civilization: Explicit reference to Ancient Greek Authors in Arabic literature
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Datum publikování: 2018
Abstrakt: The influence of Ancient Greek culture on Arabic civilization is explored on the base of explicit references to Greek authors in Arabic texts in the period between the 7th and 20th centuries (as represented in the CLAUDia ...
Yiddish language and literature, with special focus on Prague
Vědecký článek
Datum publikování: 2018
Abstrakt: For centuries Yiddish was the vernacular of Ashkenazi Jews, and Prague a widely known center of Jewish culture and the Yiddish language. But what is Yiddish? How and where did it arise? What characteristics distinguish it? ...
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Datum publikování: 2018
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Eine etymologische Bemerkung zu ἀνεψιός
Vědecký článek
Datum publikování: 2018
Abstrakt: It is proposed to derive Greek ἀνεψιός ‘cousin’ < *sm̥ -neptijo- from an otherwise unattested lexeme *sm̥ -nep(o)t-. Both terms may originally have meant ‘cousinʼ, the latter being understood from the perspective of another ...
Yaghnobi: an example of a language in contact
Vědecký článek
Datum publikování: 2018
Abstrakt: Yaghnobi, an Eastern Iranian language spoken in northern Tajikistan, shares many important features with Sogdian and is generally believed to be descended from a nonliterary dialect of Sogdian.
The language has historically ...
Sumerians and their soups
Vědecký článek
Datum publikování: 2018
Abstrakt: This paper concerns the interpretation of a group of archaic sealings from the Sumerian city of Ur (ED I, c. 2,900–2,700 BC). These container sealings (in some cases from pots) bear, among others, the sign tu7 = “soup”. ...
Hittite tit(ta)nu-, titti-, and Lycian stta-
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Datum publikování: 2018
Abstrakt: Against the standard view, there are two synchronically distinct Hittite verbs titti- and tittanu-, one meaning ‘to erect, cause to stand, install (in an office)’ related to tiya- ‘to stand, step’ and another meaning ‘to ...