"In his "De l'emploi du génitif absolu en sanscrit" ("On the Use of the Genitive Absolute in Sanskrit") published in 1881, he specifically mentions Pāṇini as an influence on the work.Prem Singh, in his foreword to the reprint edition of the German translation of Pāṇini's Grammar in 1998, concluded that the "effect Panini's work had on Indo-European linguistics shows itself in various studies" and that a "number of seminal works come to mind," including Saussure's works and the analysis that "gave rise to the laryngeal theory," further stating