Jaan Puhvel
Male, Person
1932 –
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Who is Jaan Puhvel?
Jaan Puhvel is an Estonian-American Indo-Europeanist. As a student of Georges Dumezil, he also specializes in comparative mythology.
He is known for his Hittite Etymological Dictionary. Currently, the dictionary has progressed to words beginning with PA, in eight volumes. Since volume 5, the project complements the Chicago Hittite Dictionary, which began with letter L in 1980, and which has covered L, M, N, P, S. Letters still missing between the two projects are thus R, T and Z.
Martin Puhvel is his borther.
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