Alfredo Trombetti

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Born(1866-01-16)16 January 1866
Died5 July 1929(1929-07-05) (aged 63)
Venice, Kingdom of Italy
OccupationLinguist
Alfredo Trombetti
Trombetti sometime before 1905
Born(1866-01-16)16 January 1866
Died5 July 1929(1929-07-05) (aged 63)
Venice, Kingdom of Italy
OccupationLinguist
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Bologna
Main interestsComparative linguistics
Notable ideasMonogenesis

Alfredo Trombetti (16 January 1866 in Bologna – 5 July 1929 in Venice) was an Italian linguist active in the early 20th century.

Trombetti was a professor at the University of Bologna. He was a member of the Italian Academy.

He is best known as an advocate of the doctrine of monogenesis, according to which all of the world's languages go back to a single common ancestral language. His arguments for monogenesis were first presented in his book L'unità d'origine del linguaggio, published in 1905.[1] This doctrine is still extremely controversial.

Proposed etymologies

A selection of Trombetti's proposed global etymologies:[1]

MeaningRoot
to hear; earkul (kur)
waterma; wad (wad, wed, wod), ud
dogku (ku-ari, ku-ri, etc.)
hairtuk, suk
behind, backkata, taka
footganga; pat
earth (clay, ash)tu
dusttwar, tur (< tu 'earth')
womanna (nai)
man (person)ku, etc.
man (male)mar
egg (testicle)umu (mu-n, mu-r, etc.)

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