Re: Why do Pokorny's roots for water have an "a" in front?

At 5:50:26 PM on Sunday, December 9, 2012,
Bhrihskwobhloukstroy wrote:

> Complete agreement for all the rest, but why are You all
> so sure that there were pre-PIE languages?

PIE clearly originated in an area much smaller than that in
which the IE languages were spoken 3000 years ago, say. The
larger region was not uninhabited prior to the arrival of IE
speakers.

Brian