[tied] Re: Grimm's Law is about to expire (Collinge 1985, p. 267, T

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "mkelkar2003" <swatimkelkar@...> wrote:

> This is evident in the reconstructed PIE. ... The compartment opened
> and people with some unique physical characteristics that no one
> wants to talk about today, fanned out in a CENTRIFUGAL manner. The
> presumed centrifugality of expansion puts India at a disadvantage
> because of its geographical location.

Anatolia isn't centrally located either. The Anatolian model has a
westward expansion into Europe, that only then spreads out vaguely
centrifugally.

The nearest to centrifugal expansion from Anatolia are the slight
eastward movement of Hittite and, if real, the southward movement of
one IE group into Sumer before the advent of writing.

Richard.