the Wheel and Dating PIE

[Stanley Friesen]

At 01:11 AM 2/29/00 +0100, Miguel Carrasquer Vidal wrote:
>Actually, I'm not suggesting a GBS genetic node.  I think
>Germanic "broke away" quite early on (while "Balto-Slavic" was
>still more or less undifferentiated eastern PIE).  Afterwards,
>Germanic and Balto-Slavic came into close areal contact (a "GBS
>Sprachbund", possibly in the Corded Ware period).   ...

Ah, yes, well I find that reasonable.  Though I would tend to place the
contact somewhat later, my sense on that is uncertain.

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