Heinrich Hübschmann | |
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| Born | 1 July 1848 |
| Died | 20 January 1908(1908-01-20) (aged 59) |
| Occupation | Philologist |
| Known for | Research on theArmenian language |
Johann Heinrich Hübschmann (1 July 1848 – 20 January 1908) was aGermanphilologist.
Hübschmann was born on 1 July 1848 atErfurt. He studied Oriental philology atJena,Tübingen,Leipzig, andMunich; in 1876 he becameprofessor of Iranian languages at Leipzig, and in 1877 professor of comparative philology atStrasbourg. Hübschmann died on 20 January 1908 inFreiburg im Breisgau.[1]
Hübschmann was the first to show in 1875 that theArmenian language was not a branch of theIranian languages (earlier assumed so because of the immense amount of Iranian influence on Armenian throughout its history) but an entirely separateIndo-European branch in its own right.[2] He used thecomparative method to separate the Iranian loanwords, which make up the majority of the Armenian loanwords, from an older layer of native Armenian words.[3]
The revolutionary element in Hübschmann's procedure was that according to him Arm. words fully or largely agreeing with Ir. forms in phonetic shape were suspect of being loanwords and could therefore not safely be regarded as genuine Arm. words. It was due to this methodological principle, which only gradually gained universal acceptance, that Hübschmann became the significant pioneer in the study of Ir. borrowings in Armenian.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Hübschmann, Johann Heinrich".New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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