Comments for Roots of Europe

Comment on Sø kom der ein hjasi høppande forbi… by Lyza

Lyza — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:39:51 +0000

No complaints on this end, simlpy a good piece.

Comment on Sø kom der ein hjasi høppande forbi… by Rolf Bremmer

Rolf Bremmer — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:44:57 +0000

Dear Guus,

Interesting stuff. But how do you explain E hare (with -r-) vs. Continental and Scandinavian Germanic -s- forms?

Rolf

Comment on Long-range shooting with recoil by Zsolt Simon

Zsolt Simon — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 08:11:38 +0000

I’ve just realized that this is the paper I’ve read in an earlier(?) form when you sent me your thesis. Admittedly, I’m still very sceptical regarding Indo-Uralic, but I really do not see how it is possible to review a paper rich in so many observations just so shortly as the Russian colleagues did. It definitely requires a mpre thorough analysis.

Anyway, congratulations to this blog, just discovered and added to my bookmarks.

Comment on Historical linguistics in a broader context by Zsolt Simon

Zsolt Simon — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:59:41 +0000

Joining forces is definitely fruitful – but at the same time very hard, methodologically. For instance, how can you _prove_ that the distribution of the R1b haplogroup and the Basque are connected phenomena? Just some points:

1) On linguistic side, Vennemann’s theory is very-very far from accepted. Thus, the proposed Vasconic area cannot be proved now (Especially because we know Iberian from Easstern Spain that is definitely not Vasconic).

2) On methodological side: R1b appears on Iceland, Scandinavia, Germany and Italy as well. Would you attribute this too to Basques?

3) Why Basques? You could also say, Celts. The distribution is fairly ok, actually better than in case of the Basque, especially because we know about Celts in Italy and Germany, for instance (+ some intermarriage with Scandinavians in Viking Age). So, how could you exclude this alternative scenario?