'Manfred Mayrhofer' (born
26 September 1926 in
Linz,
Austria) is an
Indo-Europeanist specialized on
Indo-Iranian languages. Mayrhofer is professor emeritus at the
University of Vienna. He is noted for his
etymological dictionary of
Sanskrit.
Mayrhofer studied Indo-European and
Semitic linguistics and
philosophy in
Graz. From
1963 to
1966 he was professor in
Saarbrücken, from 1966 until his retirement in
1988 in
Vienna.
Works
★ ''Sanskrit-Grammatik'' (1953), English ''A Sanskrit Grammar'' (2003), ISBN 0817312854.
★ ''Sanskrit-Grammatik mit sprachvergleichenden Erläuterungen'' (1978), ISBN 3110071770.
★ ''Ausgewählte kleine Schriften'' (1979), ISBN 3882260386.
★ ''Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Woerterbuch des Altindischen'', 4 vols. (1976), ISBN 0828857229.
★ ''Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen'' (EWAia), Heidelberg (1986-2001), ISBN 3533038262.
External links
★ http://www.oeaw.ac.at/oeaw_servlet/PersonenDetailsGeneric?id=11138