Dating the final IE unity

[Miguel Carrasquer Vidal]

Stanley Friesen <sarima at friesen.net> wrote:

>At 02:30 PM 2/8/00 +0100, Miguel Carrasquer Vidal wrote:

>>>This is what you'd expect if proto-Indo-European speakers invented the
>>>wheel, by the way -- otherwise there should be at least one loan-word for
>>>"wheel", one that isn't resolvable into a PIE root.

>>Wait a minute.  PIE-speakers invented the wheel?

>Well, it is certainly a serious possibility.  The earliest wheels (outside
>of toys) are found at times and places consistent with this conclusion.

Still, the origin of the wheel is usually thought to be in
Mesopotamia (e.g. Sharrett).

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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