How to Pronounce Jaan Puhvel
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Jan 24, 1932 Tallinn, Estonia 92 years old
Estonian-American linguist
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About Jaan Puhvel
- Jaan Puhvel (born 24 January 1932, Tallinn) 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 (as of 2014), the dictionary has progressed to words beginning with PE, PI, PU, in nine volumes.
- Since volume 5 (2001), 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 (see Hittite cuneiform).
- Puhvel has been characterized as one of the world's most notable Hittitologists.Jaan Puhvel took part in the editing process of Gilgamesh when its translation into Estonian was prepared [1]. Martin Puhvel was his brother.
