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15 - Indo-European and Indo-Iranian Wagon Terminology and the Date of the Indo-Iranian Split

from Part IV - The Bronze Age Chariot and Wool Horizons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2023

By
Alexander Lubotsky
Edited by
Kristian Kristiansen ,
Guus Kroonen  and
Eske Willerslev
Kristian Kristiansen
Affiliation:
Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden
Guus Kroonen
Affiliation:
Universiteit Leiden
Eske Willerslev
Affiliation:
University of Copenhagen
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Summary

In the literature (e.g., Anthony 2007: 35–37), it is often stated that we can reconstruct five words of wheel and wagon terminology for Proto-Indo-European (PIE), viz. the words for ‘wheel’ (2×), ‘axle’, ‘thill’, and the verb ‘to convey in a vehicle’

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The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited
Integrating Archaeology, Genetics, and Linguistics
 , pp. 257 - 262
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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