the Wheel and Dating PIE

[Hans Holm]

Kommentar zu P56826 at H in der Gruppe Persönliche

S>
S>"What if all the IE words like *kwekwlo- or *rotHo- , and Gr. trochos
S>are older than the wheel/chariot/wagon,
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of cause the word is older: cf hebrew golgatha< gol-gol-tha 'place of
scull', where the scull is named after its rounded form, or cf. the
Ngoro-ngoro-crater in eastern Africa, where of cause n- is the Swaheli
class-prefix, and again we get the word for 'circle' < 'round-round'.

But: the use for wheel seems to be specific IE.

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  Hans J Holm
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