Dating the final IE unity

[Stanley Friesen]

At 03:56 PM 2/22/00 -0500, X99Lynx at aol.com wrote:
>I wrote:

>>> Do the similarities between Latin and Hittite 'leap off the page" as you
>>> say?  (Please recall how long it took for relationship to even be
>>> detected.)

>In a message dated 2/22/00 3:08:16 AM, Rich Alderson replied:

>>Knudtson published the Tell-el-Amarna letters in 1902, as I remember, and put
>>forth the claim that Hittite was Indo-European at that time.  Hrozny' demon-
>>strated the IE-ness of Hittite in his 1917 monograph to the satisfaction of
>>the general IEist populace.  How long did you think it took?

>Did it take 15 years for the similarities to "leap off the page?"

No - notice the statement: "in 1902, as I remember, and put
     forth the claim that Hittite was Indo-European at that time".
It was *immediate*.

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