> ****GK: So Grimm, unique vocabulary items, grammatical
> and syntactical divergences, are all "indisputable
> data" and there is no certainty in the timing of any
> of these?****
***
In my opinion, only the Grimm changes are "indisputable data".
The only data that could really solve the question of timing, written
records, is absent so I believe timing will always be a low probability
guesstimate.
Patrick
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Looking at the Latin wanderword katina "kettle"
widespread in Slavic and Germanic
and which managed to reach even Mordvin !!
as kädgä < katika.
It's quite clear that the typical Germanic
Lautverschiebung was completely finished
when proto-Germanic or Germanic languages
got in contact with the
Roman empire.
A
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