Re: [tied] Likely IE home: India

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 12095
Date: 2002-01-19

Let me rephrase it then. There was no Centum/Satem split because what Satem split from was not Centum as a coordinate "sister language" but a smaller cluster of IE dialects. Not like this (with a primary split corresponding to the old East/West division):
 
      +--Centum (Western IE)
      |
PIE---+
      |
      +--Satem (Eastern IE)
 
but more like this (details debatable):
 
      +--Anatolian
      |
PIE---+  +--Tocharian
      |  |
      +--+     +--Satem
         |     |
         +-...-+
               |
               +--...
 
Piotr
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: george knysh
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 2:07 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Likely IE home: India

*****GK: Given the answer to question 1 above, this
conclusion about the "Satem splitoff" sounds strange,
and would need rephrasing.*****