Re: [tied] Renfrew's theory renamed as Vasco-Caucasian

From: Richard Wordingham
Message: 49922
Date: 2007-09-16

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

> Most "neolithic" words in PIE are limited geographically and don't
even pass phonological controls : Cf. the absurd Hekwos horse : this
word is obviously not a cognate but a wanderwort, with huge phonetic
distortions.

But what tell-tale irregularities? It shows every sign of being
inherited from PIE.

Richard.