Michael L Weiss

Michael L Weiss is a Professor at Cornell University, affiliated with the Department of Linguistics, Department of Classics, and Medieval Studies Program within the College of Arts and Sciences. His work spans multiple disciplines in historical linguistics.

• Research Focus: Indo-European linguistics, historical phonology/morphology of Greek, Latin, and Sabellic languages, Tocharian and Old Irish historical grammars
• Key Contributions: Author of foundational textbooks including Kuśiññe Kantwo for Tocharian B and the Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin
• Recent Publications: 2024 work on Indo-European vocabulary of institutions, 2023 analysis of Latin uncia, 2022 studies on Venetic sound changes and Oscan epigraphy
• Interdisciplinary Approach: Combines philological, linguistic, and ritual analysis in works like Language and Ritual in Sabellic Italy

His scholarship demonstrates consistent engagement with Proto-Indo-European reconstructions, measurement terminology evolution, and agricultural technology lexicon analysis. Publications in venues like Die Sprache and Classical Philology show his commitment to both detailed case studies and broad theoretical questions.