>Hittite and Tocharian -- very widely separated IE languages .. interesting! Ringe's and my own computations come out with the contrary. (cf. TWarnow PNAS 94:6585ff; Holm forthcoming JQL.) Mit freundlichen Grüßen Hans J. Holm, Meckauerweg 18, D-30629 Hannover Tel=FAX x49-511-9585714.