Re: Belgs

> > Acc. to Okulicz Germanic from the West and Baltic and Slavic from
> > the East replaced the speech of the Veneti and Aestii (similar to
> > each other) which was once a neighbor to Italic. The idea that
> > Adriatic Venetic was part of that is from a fanciful book: Joz^ef
> > S^avli/Matej Bor, Unsere Vorfahren die Veneter (Engl. transl.:
> > "Veneti - First Builders of European Community"), except they
> > think the Veneti were Slavs.
> > Krahe pointed out related pairs of river names on Aestic and
> > Adriatic Veneti territory.
> >
> > Torsten
> ========
> I still have much trouble understanding the time framework of all
> that and the scenario this entails from PIE split onward.
>
> What happened between the PIE split (and when did it split) and
> Venetic in that area ?
> According to that scenario.
>
> Could you please explain this scenario ?

Okulicz' scenario is so complicated I still struggle to comprehend it.
Joz^ef S^avli/Matej Bor don't have any.
Myself, I won't make up my mind before I get my head around the many
details in Okulicz' scenario.

Traditionally Venetic has been associated with Urnfield cultures.


Torsten