Hjalmar Frisk

Hjalmar Frisk (4 August 1900, Gothenburg – 1 August 1984, Gothenburg) was a Swedish linguist in Indo-European studies and rector of the University of Göteborg 1951–1966.[1]

His most noted work was the three-volume Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (Greek Etymological Dictionary) written in years 1954–1972 and published in Heidelberg, Germany.[2]

In 1968, he became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Works
  • Griechisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German). 3 volumes. Heidelberg. 1954–1972 (sometimes cited as 1960–1970).
gollark: I don't know if it's useful to write to multiple registers at once, but it's cool.
gollark: Cool idea.
gollark: Ah yes, Kolmogorov complexity.
gollark: Also, human brains have weird color processing quirks because instead of answering the question "what mixture of light is entering this part of the visual field" they're solving the harder but more useful one of what color an object is and what light sources are present and that sort of thing.
gollark: The color of the thing as seen by a camera (or your eyes) depends on lighting conditions and what's near it and configuration and such.

References
  1. Göteborgs Universitet Archived October 1, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  2. National Library of Sweden catalogue
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