Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Primary fields of research
- Historical and Comparative Linguistics
- Indo-European Studies
- Nordic Languages and their Linguistics
- Archaeolinguistics
Current research
- Riksbanken project 'Maritime encounters: a counterpoint to the dominant terrestrial narrative of European prehistory' (2021-2026)
- ERC Starting Grant project 'The Linguistic Roots of Europe's Agricultural Transition' (2017-2023)
- Riksbanken project 'Towards a new European Prehistory: Integrating aDNA, isotopic investigations, language and archaeology to reinterpret key processes of change in the prehistory of Europe' (2017-2022)
Teaching
- Comparative Indo-European Linguistics
- Germanic Historical Linguistics
- Scandinavian Studies
- Historical Grammar of Latin
- Middle Welsh
CV
2018-: Professor with special responsibilities.
2017-2018: Associate professor.
2016-2017: Part-time lecturer.
2013-2015: Postoc project 'Talking Neolithic', University of Copenhagen
2013-2014: Guest researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig (October - January)
2011-2012: 'The Birth of Germanic' post doc project on the origins of Germanic and its vocabulary, funded by the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research and the European Commission's Marie Curie COFUND, 'The Roots of Europe', Copenhagen University
2008-2010: Teaching & research fellow, Leiden University Center for Linguistics
2004-2008: PhD candidate, Leiden University Center for Linguistics
2003-2004: Advanced Master's Program, Center for Non-Western Studies, Leiden University
1998-2003: MA in Comparative Indo-European Linguistics (cum laude), Leiden University
1997-2003: MA in Scandinavian Languages and Literatures, University of Amsterdam
External positions
Assistant Professor, Leiden University
1 Sep 2016 → …
Keywords
- Faculty of Humanities
- Historical Linguistics
- Indo-European Studies
- Nordic Philology
- Etymology
- Archaeolinguistics
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Archaeo-Linguistic Database (ArLiDa)
Kroonen, G., 2019Research output: Non-textual form › Computer programme › Research
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Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic
Kroonen, G., 2013, Leiden: Brill. 836 p. (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series, Vol. 11).Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Re-theorising mobility and the formation of culture and language among the Corded Ware Culture in Europe: [incl. Corrigendum]
Kristiansen, K., Allentoft, M. E., Frei, K. M., Iversen, R., Johannsen, N. N., Kroonen, G., Pospieszny, L., Price, T. D., Rasmussen, S., Sjögren, K-G., Sikora, M. & Willerslev, E., Apr 2017, In: Antiquity. 91, 356, p. 334-347Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Talking Neolithic: Linguistic and Archaeological Perspectives on how Indo-European was Implemented in Southern Scandinavia
Iversen, R. & Kroonen, G., 14 Sep 2017, In: American Journal of Archaeology. 121, 4, p. 511–525 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Steppe Ancestry in western Eurasia and the spread of the Germanic Languages
McColl, H., Kroonen, G., Moreno-Mayar, J. V., Valeur Seersholm, F., Scorrano, G., Pinotti, T., Vimala, T., Sindbæk, S. M., Ethelberg, P., Fyfe, R., Gaillard, M-J., Larsen, H. M. E. A., Mortensen, M. F., Demeter, F., Jørkov, M. L. S., Bergerbrant, S., Damgaard, P. D. B., Allentoft, M. E., Vinner, L., Gaunitz, C. & 95 others, , 2025, 66 p. (bioRxiv).Research output: Working paper
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Tracing the Spread of Celtic Languages using Ancient Genomics
McColl, H., Kroonen, G., Pinotti, T., Koch, J., Ling, J., Demoule, J-P., Kristiansen, K., Sikora, M. & Willerslev, E., 1 Mar 2025, In: bioRxiv. p. 2025.02.28.640770Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
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A methodological introduction to sub-Indo-European Europe
Kroonen, G., 2024, Sub-Indo-European Europe: Problems, Methods, Results. Kroonen, G. (ed.). Berlin, Boston: Mouton de Gruyter, p. 1-26Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Ancient genomics support deep divergence between Eastern and Western Mediterranean Indo-European languages
Yediay, F. E., Kroonen, G., Sabatini, S., Frei, K. M., Frank, A. B., Pinotti, T., Wigman, A., Thorsø, R., Vimala, T., McColl, H., Moutafi, I., Altinkaya, I., Ramsøe, A., Gaunitz, C., Renaud, G., Mederos Martin, A., Demeter, F., Scorrano, G., Canci, A., Fischer, P. & 70 others, , 2024, (bioRxiv).Research output: Working paper › Preprint
Activities
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Beyond Simplistic Narratives: Can Archaeology, Linguistics and Genetics go together?
Guus Kroonen (Organizer), Wolfgang Haak (Organizer) & Philipp Stockhammer (Organizer)
1 Sep 2017Activity: Participating in an event - types › Organisation of and participation in conference
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Trið råðstemną um övdalskų / The Third Conference on Elfdalian
Guus Kroonen (Organizer), Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen (Organizer) & Yair Sapir (Organizer)
7 May 2015 → 8 May 2015Activity: Participating in an event - types › Organisation of and participation in conference
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Session #171(EAA 2021): The emergence of social inequality in Europe and southwest Asia: from the later Upper Palaeolithic to the Early Bronze Age
Rune Iversen (Organizer), Tobias Richter (Organizer), Scott Donald Haddow (Organizer) & Guus Kroonen (Organizer)
7 Sep 2021Activity: Participating in an event - types › Organisation of and participation in conference
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Corded Ware Equid Origins. From an Archaeo-Linguistic and Paleo-Genomic Perspective
Rune Iversen (Invited speaker) & Guus Kroonen (Invited speaker)
25 Jan 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Genetik, migrationer og sprog gennem 3000 år
Guus Kroonen (Other)
13 May 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Contacts: Archaeology, genetics, languages
Guus Kroonen (Participant)
10 May 2019Activity: Participating in an event - types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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84the Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology
Guus Kroonen (Organizer) & James Johnson (Organizer)
12 Apr 2019Activity: Participating in an event - types › Organisation of and participation in conference
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The Linguistic Legacy of the Pitted Ware Culture
Rune Iversen (Invited speaker) & Guus Kroonen (Invited speaker)
12 Apr 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Press/Media
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Ancient DNA Points to Origins of Indo-European Language
05/02/2025
1 Media contribution
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How one language family took over the world: ancient DNA traces its spread
05/02/2025
1 Media contribution
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The hunt for the lost ancestral language of Europe and southern Asia
23/11/2022
1 item of Media coverage
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Mysterium løst: Hesten blev tæmmet på de russiske stepper for 4.000 år siden
21/10/2021
1 Media contribution
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In klokbekerdorpen kwamen de vrouwen van buiten
25/11/2020
1 item of Media coverage
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Prizes
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Sapere Aude - Ung Eliteforsker
Kroonen, Guus (Recipient), 2012
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Stiftelsen för språk och kulturs pris
Kroonen, Guus (Recipient), 2024
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Annual Book Award (Scholarly) of the Society for American Archaeology
Kroonen, Guus (Recipient), Kristiansen, Kristian (Recipient) & Willerslev, Eske (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions