Re: The meaning of life: PIE. *gWiH3w-

I knew millet was the oldest grain in the Far East but
the article doesn't mention Europe or least I didn't
see a date for Europe
Rye looks like green wheat or rice before it ripens in
the photo.

--- tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister
> <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:
> >
> > This is truly fascinating and it squares with
> what's
> > in Wiki "Rice" article.
> > Is it possible that the word arrived in E Europe
> via
> > Iranian steppe nomads such as the Sarmatians or
> > Scythians as a generic word for "grain" or a
> > "non-wheat grain" or a grain that was boiled,
> etc.?"
>
> Millet was the oldest grain, both in China and
> Europe
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millet
> and check the archives.
>
>
> > I've never seen rye, so I don't know if it looks
> like
> > rice or not or if the plant does. Curiously, wheat
> and
> > dryland rice plants do look a lot alike.
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rye
>
>
> Torsten
>
>
>

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