Re: [tied] Re: PIE's closest relatives

From: Alexander Stolbov
Message: 29162
Date: 2004-01-06

Glen Gordon wrote:
> So... why couldn't Minoans get to Europe?

If they did it in a large scale (large enough to become a substrate to other
languages) we just would know this. Minoan culture is very special and
distinctive. When somebody meets a Minoan artefact (say, in Egypt or Ugarit)
no doubt about the origin of that thing arises.

Alexander