BOPP, FRANZ


Meaning of BOPP, FRANZ in English

born Sept. 14, 1791, Mainz, archbishopric of Mainz

died Oct. 23, 1867, Berlin, Prussia

German linguist.

He published the first lengthy comparative analysis of Indo-European languages , his voluminous Comparative Grammar of Sanskrit, Zend, Latin, Lithuanian, Old Slavic, Gothic, and German (1833–52). Though the relation of Sanskrit to European languages was known at the time, Bopp was a pioneer in isolating common elements in the verbal and nominal morphology of Sanskrit and other older Indo-European languages. Most of his career was spent at the University of Berlin.

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