Kazimieras Būga

Kazimieras Būga (born Nov. 6 [Oct. 25, Old Style], 1879, Pažiege, Lithuania, Russian Empire—died Jan. 1, 1924, Kaunas, Lithuania) was a linguist who began the most thorough dictionary of the Lithuanian language and whose extensive linguistic interests had an abiding influence on later generations of Baltic and Slavic linguists. His etymological research, which occupied a considerable part of his professional interest, began around 1902 and was the subject of valuable articles over a period of...