Re: Nakh Daghestan and the origins of agriculture

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jdcroft@...> wrote:

> *stu = "bull"

Support for PIE *sth2eur !

> *ko = "ram" (Semitic *kir?)
> *Vlha = "wool"
> *Muq = "barley"
> *nVx, or *Vnx = "dairy product" (Cheese?)

> She finishes "Absolutely nothing is known of what language(s) the
> first food producers in the Fertile Crescent spoke. All the
> historically attested languages in the area are more recent

entrants,

> and speakers of earlier languges have shifted to later ones.

<Snip>

> The same is true of all the areas to which food production spread
> early -- Asia Minor, the Balkan Peninsula, southern Turkmenia --
> except for the southeastern Caucasus.

Many would argue that PIE was spoken in Asia Minor (Gamkrelidze &
Ivanov; Renfrew) or the Balkan Peninsula (an old idea, favoured by
Piotr).

Richard.