Re: 7-minute ITCH

From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 52386
Date: 2008-02-06

----- Original Message -----
From: Rick McCallister
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 2:43 AM
Subject: Re: Re: [tied] 7-minute ITCH


Wheat was domesticated at least 10,000 years ago and
possibly was gathered 17,000 years ago (charred grain
kernals from that time have been discovered in present
Israel), so the words could conceivably go back a long
ways
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There are clear cognates between PIE and Chinese
for :

grain *?_t?-
seed < to disperse *s_H1
flour *p_l
cereal *m?rugh
crush *mol

And of course to eat : H1_d-

Arnaud
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