Guus J. Kroonen
| Guus J. Kroonen | |
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| Born | |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Leiden University; University of Amsterdam |
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| Known for | Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (2013) |
Guus J. Kroonen is a linguist and etymologist specializing in historical linguistics and Indo-European studies. He is an associate professor at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics and a Professor with Special Responsibilities (MSO) at the University of Copenhagen.[1][2] He is the author of Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Brill, 2013), which has been reviewed in the peer-reviewed journal Diachronica.[3][4]
Career
Kroonen holds MAs from Leiden University (Comparative Indo-European Linguistics) and the University of Amsterdam (Scandinavian Languages and Literatures). He completed his PhD at Leiden University and has held research and teaching posts at Leiden and Copenhagen.[5][6]
He has led or collaborated on interdisciplinary projects in archaeolinguistics and linguistic prehistory, including the ERC Starting Grant project “The Linguistic Roots of Europe’s Agricultural Transition.”[7][8]
Research
Kroonen’s research focuses on Germanic and Indo-European historical linguistics, etymology, and prehistoric language contact.[9] He has argued for an “agricultural substrate” component in Proto-Germanic—non-Indo-European lexical elements related to early farming—set out in a frequently cited chapter on non-Indo-European root nouns in Germanic.[10]
Publications
Books
- Kroonen, Guus (2011). The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A Study in Diachronic Morphophonology. Leiden Studies in Indo-European. Amsterdam–New York: Rodopi (Brill). ISBN 978-90-420-3292-7. Search this book on
- Kroonen, Guus (2013). Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-18340-7. Search this book on
- Kroonen, Guus, ed. (2024). Sub-Indo-European Europe: Problems, Methods, Results. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. doi:10.1515/9783111337920. ISBN 978-3-11-133705-0. Search this book on
- Kristiansen, Kristian; Kroonen, Guus; Willerslev, Eske, eds. (2023). The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited: Integrating Archaeology, Genetics, and Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-009-26174-6. Search this book on
Selected chapters
- Kroonen, Guus (2012). "Non-Indo-European root nouns in Germanic: evidence in support of the Agricultural Substrate Hypothesis". In Grünthal, Riho; Kallio, Petri. A Linguistic Map of Prehistoric Northern Europe (PDF). Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 266. Helsinki: Finno-Ugrian Society. pp. 239–260. Retrieved 18 October 2025. Search this book on
Reception
Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic received a substantive review in Diachronica noting its breadth within the Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary series.[11]
External links
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- ↑ "Guus Kroonen – Leiden University". Leiden University. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
- ↑ "Guus Kroonen – University of Copenhagen Research Portal". University of Copenhagen. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
- ↑ Kroonen, Guus (2013). Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-18340-7. Search this book on
- ↑ Pierce, Marc (2016). "Review of Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Guus Kroonen)". Diachronica. 33 (1): 144–149. doi:10.1075/dia.33.1.07pie.
- ↑ "Guus Kroonen – Leiden University". Leiden University. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
- ↑ "Guus Kroonen – University of Copenhagen Research Portal". University of Copenhagen. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
- ↑ "Guus Kroonen – University of Copenhagen Research Portal". University of Copenhagen. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
- ↑ "Guus Kroonen – Leiden University". Leiden University. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
- ↑ "Guus Kroonen – University of Copenhagen Research Portal". University of Copenhagen. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
- ↑ Kroonen, Guus (2012). "Non-Indo-European root nouns in Germanic: evidence in support of the Agricultural Substrate Hypothesis". In Grünthal, Riho; Kallio, Petri. A Linguistic Map of Prehistoric Northern Europe (PDF). Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 266. Helsinki: Finno-Ugrian Society. pp. 239–260. Retrieved 18 October 2025. Search this book on
- ↑ Pierce, Marc (2016). "Review of Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Guus Kroonen)". Diachronica. 33 (1): 144–149. doi:10.1075/dia.33.1.07pie.
