Nicoline van der Sijs


Nicoline van der Sijs is a Dutch linguist and etymologist who is Professor of Historical Dutch Linguistics at Radboud University Nijmegen.

Biography

Nicoline van der Sijs was born in Heerlen on April 1, 1955. She received a master's degree in Slavistics from the University of Utrecht in 1979, and a Ph.D. in Dutch historical linguistics from Leiden University in 2001. On January 1, 2013, van der Sijs was appointed Professor of Historical Dutch Linguistics at Radboud University Nijmegen.