Biography:Nicoline van der Sijs

Short description: Dutch linguist and etymologist

Nicoline van der Sijs
Born	(1955-04-01) 1 April 1955 Heerlen, Netherlands
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Utrecht (MA) Leiden University (PhD)
Academic work
Discipline	Linguist
Institutions	Radboud University Nijmegen

Nicoline van der Sijs (born 1 April 1955) 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 1 April 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 1 January 2013 van der Sijs was appointed Professor of Historical Dutch Linguistics at Radboud University Nijmegen.