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Klappentext Hermann Osthoff (1847-1909) and Karl Brugmann (1849-1919) were central figures in the circle of German scholars who rejected a doctrinal approach to the study of linguistics. They came to be known as the Neogrammarian school. At the core of their work was the theory that European languages, together with a subset of languages found in central and southern Asia, have a common origin in a single prehistoric language. They called this ancestor Indo-Germanic (known today as Indo-European) and claimed that its descendants are all related to one another by varying degrees of closeness. This six-volume elaboration of this thesis was published between 1878 and 1910. Volume 6 (1910) contains a number of essays, including one on the common roots of the word 'light' in Greek and Latin, along with further etymological and morphological analyses. Zusammenfassung Hermann Osthoff (1847–1909) and Karl Brugmann (1849–1919) were prominent members of the Neogrammarian school of linguistics. This six-volume work, published between 1878 and 1910, develops the theory that European languages, together with certain languages of central and southern Asia, have a common origin in a prehistoric Indo-European language. Inhaltsverzeichnis Vorwort; 1. Die Sippe leicht; 2. Zu primären Komparativ- und Superlativbildung; 3. Etymologisches zur Steigerungsformenbildung; 4. Morphologische Miszellen; 5. Register zu band VI.
