Michaël Peyrot
Biographic Data
| ID | 3662858 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michaël Peyrot |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michaël |
| FAMILY NAME | Peyrot |
| SIGNATURE | PEYROT M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5983-9690 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Tocharian
The two Tocharian languages, Tocharian A and Tocharian B, are closely related and clearly form a branch within Indo-European. Therefore, the discussion of the evidence for the Tocharian branch focuses on the most important changes that have shaped and typologically changed the language. Many innovations of Tocharian, especially in the lexicon, are due to language contact. Some of these contacts took place before the break-up of Proto-Tocharian, w…
The spread of iron in Central Asia: On the etymology of the word for "iron" in Iranian and Tocharian
Tocharian B eñcuwo "iron" and Tocharian A añcu* have been connected to the Iranian words for "iron", notably Khwarezmian hnčw. On the basis of insights into the patterns of borrowings from Khotanese into Tocharian, it is argued that the Tocharian words must have been borrowed from a preform of Khotanese hīśśana- "iron". Further, a new etymology is proposed for "iron" that accounts for the variation of this word in Iranian. The fact that Tocharian…
Tocharian B santse ‘daughter-in-law’
In Ogihara’s edition of the Tocharian B so-called “Avadāna-Manuscript”, a fragment from the Dhanika-Avadāna contains a word santse. On the basis of parallel texts, it is shown that santse means ‘daughter-in-law’. This newly identified word is cognate with a.o. Greek νυός ‘daughter-in-law’ and derives from Proto-Indo- European *snusó
The population history of northeastern Siberia since the Pleistocene
Indo-Uralic, Indo-Anatolian, Indo-Tocharian
In this paper, I intend to illustrate the relevance of the Tocharian branch of Indo-European for questions concerning the Indo-Anatolian hypothesis and the possible macro-relationship of Indo-European with Uralic. To this end, I discuss the relevance for the Indo-Anatolian hypothesis of the possibility that the Tocharian branch was the second to split off after Anatolian, which I call the "Indo-Tocharian" hypothesis; the case of the Anatolian and…
The deviant typological profile of the Tocharian branch of Indo-European may be due to Uralic substrate influence
Tocharian agglutinative case inflexion as well as its single series of voiceless stops, the two most striking typological deviations from Proto-Indo-European, can be explained through influence from Uralic. A number of other typological features of Tocharian may likewise be interpreted as due to contact with a Uralic language. The supposed contacts are likely to be associated with the Afanas’evo Culture of South Siberia. This Indo-European cultur…
Ancient human genomes from across the Eurasian steppes
On the East Iranian Genitive Plural Ending
The Khotanese and Sogdian genitive plural endings cannot be satisfactorily explained from the traditionally posited ending *- nām . Instead, Khotanese - nu and Sogdian - nw point to *- nam . Instead of assuming a special rule that shortens the expected *- nām to *- nam , it is argued that the evidence from East Iranian is to be taken at face value. A short ending *- om can be reconstructed for Proto-Indo-European as well and the East Iranian refl…
The Sanskrit Udānavarga and the Tocharian B Udānastotra: A window on the relationship between religious and popular language on the northern Silk Road
The majority of the Sanskrit Buddhist manuscripts from the northern part of the Tarim Basin in present-day Xinjiang (China) were found in an area where the local languages Tocharian A and B were spoken. In this article, the interplay of Sanskrit, the religious language, and Tocharian, the popular language, is investigated based on the example of the relationship between the Sanskrit Udānavarga and the Tocharian B Udānastotra. To this end, a recon…
The Tocharian Subjunctive: A Study in Syntax and Verbal Stem Formation
In this study, the formation of \nthe Tocharian subjunctive is described, its use and meaning are analysed\n and its origins are investigated. The two Tocharian languages A and B \nare known to us through Buddhist manuscripts from ca. 400-1200 CE that \nwere found along the Northern Silk Road in Xīnjiāng, China. Tocharian A \nand B are closely related, and they belong to the Indo-European language\n family.\n\n\n\nIt is argued that the Tocharian …
Variation and change in Tocharian B
Preface Abbreviations Citation codes Introduction Aim Method Variant forms Interpretation Conclusion Maps Appendices References Index of Tocharian B word forms
On the formation of the Tocharian preterite participle
The spread of iron in Central Asia: On the etymology of the word for "iron" in Iranian and Tocharian
Tocharian B eñcuwo "iron" and Tocharian A añcu* have been connected to the Iranian words for "iron", notably Khwarezmian hnčw. On the basis of insights into the patterns of borrowings from Khotanese into Tocharian, it is argued that the Tocharian words must have been borrowed from a preform of Khotanese hīśśana- "iron". Further, a new etymology is proposed for "iron" that accounts for the variation of this word in Iranian. The fact that Tocharian…
On the East Iranian Genitive Plural Ending
The Khotanese and Sogdian genitive plural endings cannot be satisfactorily explained from the traditionally posited ending *- nām . Instead, Khotanese - nu and Sogdian - nw point to *- nam . Instead of assuming a special rule that shortens the expected *- nām to *- nam , it is argued that the evidence from East Iranian is to be taken at face value. A short ending *- om can be reconstructed for Proto-Indo-European as well and the East Iranian refl…
Variation and change in Tocharian B
Preface Abbreviations Citation codes Introduction Aim Method Variant forms Interpretation Conclusion Maps Appendices References Index of Tocharian B word forms
On the formation of the Tocharian preterite participle
The Tocharian Subjunctive: A Study in Syntax and Verbal Stem Formation
In this study, the formation of \nthe Tocharian subjunctive is described, its use and meaning are analysed\n and its origins are investigated. The two Tocharian languages A and B \nare known to us through Buddhist manuscripts from ca. 400-1200 CE that \nwere found along the Northern Silk Road in Xīnjiāng, China. Tocharian A \nand B are closely related, and they belong to the Indo-European language\n family.\n\n\n\nIt is argued that the Tocharian …
The Sanskrit Udānavarga and the Tocharian B Udānastotra: A window on the relationship between religious and popular language on the northern Silk Road
The majority of the Sanskrit Buddhist manuscripts from the northern part of the Tarim Basin in present-day Xinjiang (China) were found in an area where the local languages Tocharian A and B were spoken. In this article, the interplay of Sanskrit, the religious language, and Tocharian, the popular language, is investigated based on the example of the relationship between the Sanskrit Udānavarga and the Tocharian B Udānastotra. To this end, a recon…
Ancient human genomes from across the Eurasian steppes
On the East Iranian Genitive Plural Ending
The Khotanese and Sogdian genitive plural endings cannot be satisfactorily explained from the traditionally posited ending *- nām . Instead, Khotanese - nu and Sogdian - nw point to *- nam . Instead of assuming a special rule that shortens the expected *- nām to *- nam , it is argued that the evidence from East Iranian is to be taken at face value. A short ending *- om can be reconstructed for Proto-Indo-European as well and the East Iranian refl…
The population history of northeastern Siberia since the Pleistocene
Indo-Uralic, Indo-Anatolian, Indo-Tocharian
In this paper, I intend to illustrate the relevance of the Tocharian branch of Indo-European for questions concerning the Indo-Anatolian hypothesis and the possible macro-relationship of Indo-European with Uralic. To this end, I discuss the relevance for the Indo-Anatolian hypothesis of the possibility that the Tocharian branch was the second to split off after Anatolian, which I call the "Indo-Tocharian" hypothesis; the case of the Anatolian and…
The deviant typological profile of the Tocharian branch of Indo-European may be due to Uralic substrate influence
Tocharian agglutinative case inflexion as well as its single series of voiceless stops, the two most striking typological deviations from Proto-Indo-European, can be explained through influence from Uralic. A number of other typological features of Tocharian may likewise be interpreted as due to contact with a Uralic language. The supposed contacts are likely to be associated with the Afanas’evo Culture of South Siberia. This Indo-European cultur…
Tocharian B santse ‘daughter-in-law’
In Ogihara’s edition of the Tocharian B so-called “Avadāna-Manuscript”, a fragment from the Dhanika-Avadāna contains a word santse. On the basis of parallel texts, it is shown that santse means ‘daughter-in-law’. This newly identified word is cognate with a.o. Greek νυός ‘daughter-in-law’ and derives from Proto-Indo- European *snusó
Tocharian
The two Tocharian languages, Tocharian A and Tocharian B, are closely related and clearly form a branch within Indo-European. Therefore, the discussion of the evidence for the Tocharian branch focuses on the most important changes that have shaped and typologically changed the language. Many innovations of Tocharian, especially in the lexicon, are due to language contact. Some of these contacts took place before the break-up of Proto-Tocharian, w…
The spread of iron in Central Asia: On the etymology of the word for "iron" in Iranian and Tocharian
Tocharian B eñcuwo "iron" and Tocharian A añcu* have been connected to the Iranian words for "iron", notably Khwarezmian hnčw. On the basis of insights into the patterns of borrowings from Khotanese into Tocharian, it is argued that the Tocharian words must have been borrowed from a preform of Khotanese hīśśana- "iron". Further, a new etymology is proposed for "iron" that accounts for the variation of this word in Iranian. The fact that Tocharian…
Linguistics and Cultural Studies (10 works) · Linguistics and language evolution (10 works) · Linguistics (8 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · History (7 works) · Ancient Near East History (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Steppe (3 works)