Re[2]: [tied] Digest Number 2804

At 12:07:25 PM on Monday, February 27, 2006, mkelkar2003
wrote:

[...]

> There is no agreement among IEL scholars themselves about
> where and when the PIE originated.

This is somewhat disingenuous. There is considerable
agreement, for example, that it did not originate in
northern Europe, or for that matter in India, never mind the
New World, and there is considerable agreement that the PIE
is younger than, say, 10,000 years.

> IEL are in the habit of accusing their opponents of
> religious fundamentalism when their theories are
> challenged.

This is, bluntly, a lie.

[...]

> The words for elephant, tiger, rice do have Indo-European
> etymologies (Elst 2000).

> http://koenraadelst.voiceofdharma.com/articles/aid/urheimat.html

The reference does not support the claim. It notes only a
couple of possible IE 'elephant' words.

[...]

Brian