Re: Why is PIE more centum than satem?

From: michael_donne
Message: 12264
Date: 2002-02-04

> Why can't the evidence presented by Kuiper be treated as part of
> Proto-Satem -- with Proto-Munda and Proto-Indo-Iranian -- in the
> following sequence:

This is probably not likely since I'm assuming that Kuiper's words
were only from the Indo-Aryan family and not the larger Satem family
since his hypothesis is that only IA and Dravidian were together in
India for a long time.

If they turned out to be part of the Satem family... well, I suppose
McAlpin's idea of the connection between Dravidian and Elamite might
explain that.