July 27th, 1921
born in Mihăileni, Romania (present-day Republic of Moldova)
born in Mihăileni, Romania (present-day Republic of Moldova)
Elementary school in Mihăileni
Lyceum (Liceul “Ion Creangă”) in Bălţi, Romania (present-day Republic of Moldova)
Studies (modern philology and law) at the University “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” of Iaşi, Romania
Romance and Slavic studies at the University of Rome, Italy
Study visit to Zagreb, Croatia Januar
Laurea in lettere at the University of Rome (with the thesis Su gli influssi della poesia epica francese medievale sulla poesia epica popolare degli Slavi meridionali)
Studies of philosophy at the University of Padua, Italy
Studies of philosophy at the University of Milan, Italy
Newspaper editor among others at the daily Corriere Lombardo
Laurea in filosofia (with the thesis L'evoluzione delle idee estetiche in Romania)
Lecturer of Romanian language at the University of Milan; collaborator of Hoepli Enciclopedia
Professor of General and Indo-European Linguistics at the Universidad de la República (Montevideo, Uruguay); head of the linguistic research institute (Departamento de Lingüística); simultaneously Professor of Linguistics (general, Romance and Spanish) at the Instituto de Profesores Artigas, Montevideo
Visiting Professor of General Linguistics at the University of Coimbra, Portugal
Visiting Professor of Romance Philology at the University of Bonn, Germany
Visiting Professor of Romance Philology at the University of Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Professor of Romance Philology at the University of Tübingen, Germany
Professor of Romance Philology and General Linguistics at the University of Tübingen
Professeur associé at the University of Strasbourg, France
Died in Tübingen