Alleged nursery words and hypocorisms among Germanic kinship terms

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Alleged nursery words and hypocorisms among Germanic kinship terms. / Hansen, Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard.

Usque ad radices: Indo-European studies in honour of Birgit Anette Olsen. ed. / Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen; Adam Hyllested; Anders Richardt Jørgensen; Guus Kroonen; Jenny Helena Larsson; Benedicte Nielsen Whitehead; Thomas Olander; Tobias Søborg. København : Museum Tusculanum, 2017. p. 207-220 (Copenhagen Studies in Indo-European, Vol. 8).

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Hansen, BSS 2017, Alleged nursery words and hypocorisms among Germanic kinship terms. in BSS Hansen, A Hyllested, AR Jørgensen, G Kroonen, JH Larsson, BN Whitehead, T Olander & T Søborg (eds), Usque ad radices: Indo-European studies in honour of Birgit Anette Olsen. Museum Tusculanum, København, Copenhagen Studies in Indo-European, vol. 8, pp. 207-220.

APA

Hansen, B. S. S. (2017). Alleged nursery words and hypocorisms among Germanic kinship terms. In B. S. S. Hansen, A. Hyllested, A. R. Jørgensen, G. Kroonen, J. H. Larsson, B. N. Whitehead, T. Olander, & T. Søborg (Eds.), Usque ad radices: Indo-European studies in honour of Birgit Anette Olsen (pp. 207-220). Museum Tusculanum. Copenhagen Studies in Indo-European Vol. 8

Vancouver

Hansen BSS. Alleged nursery words and hypocorisms among Germanic kinship terms. In Hansen BSS, Hyllested A, Jørgensen AR, Kroonen G, Larsson JH, Whitehead BN, Olander T, Søborg T, editors, Usque ad radices: Indo-European studies in honour of Birgit Anette Olsen. København: Museum Tusculanum. 2017. p. 207-220. (Copenhagen Studies in Indo-European, Vol. 8).

Author

Hansen, Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard. / Alleged nursery words and hypocorisms among Germanic kinship terms. Usque ad radices: Indo-European studies in honour of Birgit Anette Olsen. editor / Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen ; Adam Hyllested ; Anders Richardt Jørgensen ; Guus Kroonen ; Jenny Helena Larsson ; Benedicte Nielsen Whitehead ; Thomas Olander ; Tobias Søborg. København : Museum Tusculanum, 2017. pp. 207-220 (Copenhagen Studies in Indo-European, Vol. 8).

Bibtex

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