--- In cybalist@..., x99lynx@... wrote:> What I have at hand on the
period 9000 - 7500 BCE is Dolukhanov (1996). > Based on his report
on the late paleolithic and mesolithic in Europe and > western Asia,
it is not easy to identify a movement or migration from Central
> Asia at the time. The main lithic-based assemblages north of the
Black Sea > seem to be extensions of central European groups (Lyngby
and Ahrensburg) and > a group that might be seen as more indigenous
(Swiderian).
Talking of lithic assemblages, let me give a list of some lexemes in
indic linguistic area. Are there IE/PIE cognates?
1)To carve
ki_l. = to tear, rend, split (Tamil) cil = flat round stone; small
piece; cilu = to open, slit (Tamil); cil, cillu = a flat stone for
engraving (Malaya_l.am) cir-pi = mechanic, artisan, stone-cutter
(Tamil) s'ilpa = skill in any art or craft or work of art (Skt.)
Latin sculpere, sculpt-, to carve; Latin scalpere-, to carve; skel-,
kel-, to cut.
2)To incise
kettu- = to make an incision, as in fish; to split asunder by driving
in and turning the hatchet (Tamil) cheda = an incision , cleft , slit
(Skt.) Latin caesus, past participle of caedere, to cut. Lati
ci_ellus, cutting tool, Old French cisiel Latin celtis, chisel.
3)Stone
sthu_n.a_ = the post or pillar or beam of a house , any post or stake
or pillar or column (R.gveda); sthu_n.a = a post, pillar (Skt.) tu_n.
= pillar, post, column; mainstay, support (Tamil) Old High German
stein, stone.