Wilhelm Streitberg

Wilhelm Streitberg (born Feb. 23, 1864, Rüdesheim, Nassau [Germany]—died Aug. 19, 1925, Leipzig, Ger.) was a German historical linguist who, with Karl Brugmann, founded (1891) and edited Indogermanische Forschungen (“Indo-European Researches”), an influential journal in the field of Indo-European linguistic studies. Much of Streitberg’s scholarly work concerns comparative and historical Germanic linguistics. His books include Urgermanische Grammatik (1896; “Proto-Germanic Grammar”), Gotisches Elementarbuch (1897; “Gothic Primer”), and Die gotische Bibel (1908–10; “The Gothic Bible”), which presents...