[tied] Re: PIE's closest relatives

From: gknysh
Message: 29342
Date: 2004-01-10

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Alexander Stolbov" <astolbov@...>
wrote:
In all probability Slavs and Balts parted
> earlier than in the second quarter of the 1st mill. BC.

*****GK: The argument for this position can only be a linguistic one.
Neither history nor archaeology support it. So what is the linguistic
argument, and how do you relate it to time and space?*****