From: Torsten
Message: 66544
Date: 2010-09-06
> > >*tieÅ- vs. *dieÅ- is a comparison between Yeniseian(?) and somecf. the thread starting at
> > >substrate to PIE.
> >
> > According to Stefan Georg, Yeniseyan was a "Eurasian" idiom.
> > What does "Eurasian" mean when compared with neighboring
> > Turkic, Mongolian, Tungus et al.? Is it to be seen sort of a
> > "substrate" language if compared with the Turkic, Mongolian
> > and Ugric idioms of the relevant regions?
>
> As far as I know (I only know Georg's line of argument from some
> other article, which I can't find now) he proposes that the Turkic
> Tengri etc is a cultural loan from Yeniseian, which makes
> discussion of the relative affiliation or super/substrate status of
> Turkic and Yeniseian irrelevent to this question.
>