PROTO INDO EUROPEAN: ARYAN THEORY IN A NEW COAT
If you have opened a dictionary or a thesaurus latetly you might have noticed a new feature. The reduction of words to P.I.E. This abbreviation stands for the Proto Indo European root of the word. It is reaching into the mists of time, somewhere around 10,000 to 5,000 BC, when humanity transitioned from his hunter-gatherer foundations to the domestication of animals and agriculture. It must be obvious to anyone, this must necessarily be a highly speculative undertaking. For example Etymology.com reduces the word 'seed' to 'se: to sow' ( link ). I set more store by astrology! Yet, suddenly P.I.E. is all over the place. In linguistics, but also in slick productions related to history and genetics relying heavily on AI for its illustrations. So, what's going on here?
