Like dust on the Silk Road: an investigation of the earliest Iranian loanwords and of possible BMAC borrowings in Tocharian

Author(s):
Bernard, C.B.A.S.
Published
2023
Publication type
Doctoral Thesis

Abstract

This thesis discusses the earliest Iranian loanwords in Tocharian, a branch of two Indo-European languages spoken in Western China during the first millennium of our era, as well as an early stratum of so-called "BMAC" loanwords in Tocharian⁠.

LinguisticsTocharianIranianEtymologyLoanwordsBorrowings
Defense date
2023-04-20
Language
English
Supervisor(s)
Lubotsky, A.; Peyrot, M.
Committee member(s)
Berg, G. van den; Kim, R.; Pinault, G.-J.; Kloekhorst, A.
Qualification
Ph.D.
Degree granting institution
Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL), Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University, Leiden
hdl
1887/3594385