| / Historical Linguistics | |
| Editor: | Alfred Bammesberger, Olav Hackstein, Sabine Ziegler |
| Discipline: | Indo-European historical linguistics |
| Language: | English, French, German |
| Abbreviation: | Hist. Sprachforsch. |
| Formernames: | Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung |
| Publisher: | Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht |
| Frequency: | Annually |
| History: | 1852-present |
| Website: | http://www.v-r.de/de/redirect/z/500012/ |
| Jstor: | 09353518 |
| Oclc: | 237226312 |
| Lccn: | 89642899 |
| Issn: | 0935-3518 |
/ Historical Linguistics is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal covering Indo-European historical linguistics. It is the second oldest linguistics journal still in publication. The current editors-in-chief are Martin Kümmel (University of Jena), Olav Hackstein, and Sabine Ziegler. The journal is published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
The journal was originally established by Adalbert Kuhn in 1852, and consequently known colloquially as ('Kuhn's Journal'). Its official name was from 1852 to 1874. For most of this period, it ran in parallel to its sister publication ('Articles for Comparative Linguistics Research on the Aryan, Celtic, and Slavic Languages', known colloquially at), which existed from 1858 to 1876.[1]
In 1877, the publications merged with each other and with ('Articles for the Science of Indo-European Languages', known colloquially as, 1877–1906) as ('Magazine for Comparative Linguistics Research on the Indo-European Languages'). This title persisted until 1967.
From 1968 to 1987, the journal was called ('Journal of Comparative Linguistics').
It obtained its present title in 1988.