Re: [tied] No person and number endings in IE Nordwestblock?

> >
> > ***
> > Patrick:
> >
> > The explanation is far simpler.
> >
> > Far North Europeans did not originally speak IE; and when

they

> did learn to speak it, they learned imperfectly, and retained

some

> speech habits from whatever they spoke before.
> >
>
> Yes, that is what 'substrate' means. I which way do you believe

this

> differs from what I said (apart from the fact that I think that

the

> immediate substrate in Northern Europe was IE)?
>
> ***
> Patrick:
>
> Your idea of 'substrate' and mine are certainly different if you

can write this.

>

That much is obvious.

> I did not say that Nordic physical types were the substrate, and

autochthonous. That is what you are saying, is that not right?

>

No. I am talking about languages.

> Rather, I think it likelier that Nordic physical types speaking

a non-IE language invaded Northern territory already inhabited by
PIE-speaking ethnics.

Erh, what? Where did that come from?


Torsten