Fournet Arnaud, Bomhard R. Allan. The Indo-European Elements in Hurrian

La Garenne Colombes, 2010. — 174 p.This work grew out of preliminary investigations conducted by one of the authors — Amaud Fournet. As a result of these investigations, Fournet prepared an 18-page paper, mostly built upon Emmanuel Laroche’s Glossaire cle la langue hourrite, in which he presented evidence that there might be a genetic relationship between Hurrian and Proto-Indo-European. In due course, he showed the paper to the other author — Allan Bomhard. After receiving a positive response from Bomhard, Fournet invited him to join in a collaborative effort in which these ideas would be explored in more depth, and Bomhard gratefully accepted the invitation.
This book is truly a collaborative effort. Even though each author took responsibility for certain portions — Fournet primarily for Hurrian and Bomhard primarily for Indo-European —, as work on the manuscript was progressing, each author reviewed, commented upon, enhanced, corrected, or rejected what the other was writing. No part escaped the scrutiny of both authors.