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Dutch linguist (1937–2017)

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Robert Stephen Paul Beekes ( 2 September 1937 – 21 September 2017) was a Dutch linguist who was emeritus professor of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics at Leiden University and an author of many monographs on the Proto-Indo-European language.

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Alternative Names: Robert Beekes • Robert Stephen Paul Beekes • R.S.P. Beekes • Robert S. P. Beekes

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When the IE family had been discovered and scholars sought the land of origin, they initially thought of India because of Sanskrit’s ancientness.

Our knowledge of these migrations [that broke PIE unity] is very limited. On a linguistic basis, little can be said about them.