Alwin Kloekhorst is an Associate Professor at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics , specializing in historical and comparative linguistics. He has authored four books, two edited volumes, and approximately 50 articles. Studied Indo-Iranian Languages and Comparative Indo-European Linguistics at Leiden University (1996-2001) PhD in Linguistics (2007) from Leiden University with distinction Kloekhorst’s research spans Anatolian languages , Proto-Indo-European reconstruction , and other ancient Indo-European languages like Sanskrit and Phrygian. His work combines rigorous philological analysis with innovative methodology, including projects on language contact in pre-Roman North-West Anatolia and the Hethitische Wörterbuch initiative in Munich. His notable achievements include: 2016 ERC HERA grant ( Multilingualism and Minority Languages in Ancient Europe ) 2014 NWO VIDI grant ( Splitting the Mother Tongue ) 2008 NWO VENI grant ( Stressing the Facts: Accentuation in Hittite ) Kloekhorst actively collaborates with European research groups such as the HERA project (Rome, Madrid, Ghent, Siena), the Barcelona-based Los dialectos lúvicos project, and contributes to the Indo-European Etymological Dictionary in Leiden. He also serves as a consultant for etymology at the Oxford English Dictionary .



