Hjalmar Frisk

{{Short description|Swedish linguist and etymologist (1900–1984)}}

Hjalmar Frisk (4 August 1900, in Gothenburg – 1 August 1984, in Gothenburg) was a Swedish linguist and etymologist in Indo-European studies. He was also rector of the University of Gothenburg from 1951 to 1966.[http://www.gu.se/omuniversitetet/presentation/historik/ Göteborgs Universitet] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061001050417/http://www.gu.se/omuniversitetet/presentation/historik/ |date=October 1, 2006 }}

Early on, he became interested in Indo-European studies. Thus, as early as 1927, he published a translation of the historical account The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, written in Greek under the title Περίπλους τῆς Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης.{{cite book |last1=Frisk |first1=Halmar |title=Le Périple de la mer Érythrée: suivi d'une étude sur la tradition et la langue |date=1927 |publisher=Elander |location=Göteborg |url=https://archive.org/details/fisk-1927-le-periple-de-la-mer-erythree |language=French}}

His most noted work was the three-volume Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch{{Cite web|last=Frisk|first=Hjalmar|title=Griechisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch|url=http://ieed.ullet.net/friskL.html}} (Greek Etymological Dictionary) written between 1954 and 1972 and published in Heidelberg, Germany.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200514083707/http://ask.kb.se/F/VURX847BE7GJAEGRT627VBM3AR4HDVLJ1H9Y92G3NFFQEJGKS6-04076?func=find-b&request=Hjalmar%20Frisk&find_code=WRD National Library of Sweden catalogue]

In 1968, he became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.