Abstract
This article deals with the importance of Sanskrit for our picture of Proto-Indo-European (PIE). The first part treats the beginnings of Indo-European Studies, which are closely related to Franz Bopp’s „Uber das Conjugationssystem der Sanskrit-Sprache“ (1816). Bopp’s way of argumentation was new and his ideas pointed the way ahead to present-day argumentation. We compare Bopp with his predecessor Jones, shed a light on Bopp’s analysis of the imperative and his treatment of the Sanskrit periphrastic future. Furthermore, we show how he handles primary sources. A short paragraph touches Bopp’s ideas of the vowel qualities of the Sanskrit vowel a. The second part focusses on the importance of Sanskrit for PIE studies after Bopp. We deal with Sanskrit palatalization and Brugmann’s law, with the laryngeals, the injunctive and the infinitive. The third part provides an overview of tools, resources and special investigations of Sanskrit which could serve as models for other areas of studies, especially philological studies of ancient languages.
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