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Jorma Koivulehto

1934 – 2014

Finnish philologist

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Lived 1934 – 2014 (aged 79). Jorma Koivulehto was a Finnish philologist, germanist and linguist.

Jorma Juhani Koivulehto (; 12 October 1934 in Tampere – 23 August 2014 in Helsinki) was a Finnish philologist.

At University of Helsinki, he was adjunct professor from 1973 to 1983, and later full professor of Germanic philology from 1983 to 1998. His research concerned Indo-European loans in the Finnish language and was therefore part of the Finnish historical-comparative research tradition which started in the late 18th century. In a series of articles, for instance Indogermanisch-Uralisch: Lehnbeziehungen oder (auch) Urverwandschaft? (1994) and Zur indogermanisch-germanischen Kontinuität in der Nachbarschaft der Finnougrier (1995), he proposes a theory regarding the stratification of loanwords in Finnish. According to this theory, the oldest loans were borrowed into Finnish in the Bronze Age, which would indicate that Finns at this time lived by the Baltic Sea.

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Birth century
Nationality
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University of Helsinki
Awards
Knight First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
Also known as
Jorma Juhani Koivulehto

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Jorma Koivulehto?

Finnish philologist (1934–2014)

When was Jorma Koivulehto born?

Jorma Koivulehto was born on 12 October 1934 in Tampere.

When did Jorma Koivulehto die?

Jorma Koivulehto died on 23 August 2014 in Helsinki.

What was Jorma Koivulehto's occupation?

Jorma Koivulehto was a philologist, germanist and linguist.

What nationality was Jorma Koivulehto?

Jorma Koivulehto was Finnish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jorma Koivulehto

· Wikidata: Q12025835

· DBpedia: Jorma Koivulehto

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