Re: Hercynian (again)

This is the mechanism:
1) the morpho-lexical system of Common Indo-European generated the
word since the very beginning of the structure of Proto-Indo-European
2) the geographical diffusion fo the speakers of such language brought
the word into every territory where Common Indo-European has been
spoken
3) according to different specific onomasiological or onomastic needs,
the word has been applied to individuals or classes fo referents.

I meant that point 2 has taken place in Alpine area as well

2012/2/28, Trond Engen <trond@...>:

> Bhrihskwobhloukstroy:
>
>> But there's no need of steppes. The fact that steppes cultures were
>> probably of Proto-Indo-European language cannot in any way dismiss the
>> linguistic fact that the Alpine area has been Indo-European from the
>> very beginning (at least from the date of neognos-rule, which is
>> Common Indo-European)
>
> Whatever you might mean by that, it seems like a detour, since I don't
> think there's any reasonable mechanism to get the word into Baltic.
>
> --
> Trond Engen
>