Re: [tied] Venice Beach

Yes, I suggested that the homeland of Proto-Italic was in Central Europe, east of the Proto-Celts, and that there was a northward expansion (Lausitz) that reached the Baltic. This would mean that Biskupin was built by an Italic tribe.

There are many Central European (also Polish) rivernames that are neither Balto-Slavic nor Germanic, but can be analysed as "Italoid" IE.

Piotr

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From: Michal Milewski

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Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 5:22 PM

Subject: Re: [tied] Venice Beach

Piotr Gasiorowski wrote: > I've had to rethink the Venedic question. Here's my revised interpretation.[cut] > I really like this version. Does it imply that the earlier Lausitz culture (being a base for later Pommeranian culture) and generaly all Urnfields were of Italic (or closely related) origin? I think you mentioned something like this in one of your previous posts, but do you have anything more to support this hypothesis (archeology, linguistics?). What about the origin of some geographic names in this area (including Pommerania region). I know that onomastics is of no great help in settling linguistic and ethnogenetic issues, but if we don't have a better source... Michal