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{{Short description|Russian-German linguist (1886–1962)}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox person | image = Max Vasmer.png | imagesize = | caption = Vasmer in 1934 | name = Max Vasmer | birth_date = {{birth date|1886|2|28|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia | death_date = {{death date and age|1962|11|30|1886|2|28|df=y}} | death_place = [[West Berlin]], West Germany | citizenship = Russia<br/>West Germany | occupation = {{hlist|Scholar of [[Slavic languages]] ([[Slavistics]])|[[philologist]]|[[lexicographer]]|[[etymologist]]}} }} '''Max Julius Friedrich Vasmer''' ({{IPA|de|ˈfasmɐ|lang}}; {{langx|ru|Максимилиан Романович Фасмер|Maksimilian Romanovich Fasmer}}; 28 February 1886 – 30 November 1962) was a Russian and German [[linguist]]. He studied problems of [[etymology]] in [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]], [[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]] and [[Turkic languages|Turkic]] languages and worked on the history of [[Slavs|Slavic]], [[Balts|Baltic]], [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]], and Finno-Ugric peoples.
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