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Miha Sušnik, PhD

Research Assistant, Researcher working on the New Etymological Dictionary of the Slovenian Language



+386 1 470 62 38

miha.susnik@zrc-sazu.si

Novi trg 4 (4th floor)




Miha Sušnik (24 April 1993) is a research assistant in the Department of Etymology and Onomastics of the Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language. His research focusses mainly on etymological issues of the Slovenian language from the Indo-European perspective.

Research Area

  • etymology
  • diachronic development of the Slovenian language
  • Slovenian dialects
  • Indo-European comparative linguistics

Education, Academic and Scientific Titles

  • 2025: PhD thesis: Slovenske množinske oblike na -a samostalnikov nesrednjega spola v indoevropskem kontekstu (Slovene Plural Forms in -a of Non-Neuter Nouns
    in the Indo-European Context), Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
  • 2020: MA in Indo-European Comparative Linguistics and General Linguistics (Theoretical Linguistics), Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
  • 2017: BA in Indo-European Comparative Linguistics and General Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
  • 2012: Matura at II. gimnazija Maribor

Employments

  • 2020–: ZRC SAZU, Fran Ramovš Institute of the Slovenian Language

Outstanding Achievements, Awards and Grants

  • 2019: Leon Štukelj Foundation grant
Research areas
Linguistics H350
History of language H355
Primerjalno jezikoslovje H380

Keywords
Etymology • Slovenian Language • Hungarian Language • Indo-European Comparative Linguistics