Re: [tied] *kW- "?"

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "etherman23" <etherman23@...>
wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "P&G" <G&P@...> wrote:
> > >> > 3) Until about 1500 BCE, all IE speakers could be
> > >> > reached by ship in the Mediterranean.
> >
> > Strange, then, that PIE apparently lacks a word for "sea". Some
> take this
> > as evidence that the homeland must have been inland.
> >
>
> PIE also apparently lacked a word for toe. Does this mean the
> Indo-Europeans had no toes?

I believe the Fremch have no toes either, only foot-fingers.


The Russians don't distinguish hands from arms or feet from legs.
Those I see on TV don't seem that anatomically different from me.
Odd. A true Russian concert pianist will therefore perform
Tchaikovsky's concerto with his arms and legs. The world is full of
wonders.



Torsten