the Wheel and Dating PIE

[JoatSimeon at aol.com]

>proto-language at email.msn.com writes:

<that Egyptian ' [hand on outstretched arm] corresponds to IE *dh/th. On that
basis, >I believe that a comparison of Egyptian r', 'sun' (ideographically
written: a circle with
>*central dot* [=axle?]) and IE *rot(h)o-, 'wheel', is likely. >>

-- this would be interesting, if it weren't for the fact that the Egyptians
didn't use wheeled vehicles (or the horse) until very late -- 2nd millenium
BCE.  And, of course, there's no evidence at all of a genetic relationship
between Egyptian (or Afroasiatic) and PIE.