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i was wondering, in the same way that PIE has been constructed, is it possible to construct a proto language for native european languages which brings together all (or most of) the non-IE languages, based on similar words?

I once read (i will try to find the source) that Sicani were great musicians and artists and the people of all over the isle and Italy use to go and listen to their music. It concludes that their name was cognate of μουσική. Also, no Pelasgians? Virgil says: "Siluano fama est ueteres...

correct me if i am wrong but Sicules should be of IE origin, right? Also there were Sicans in Sicily.

wow have you read my post? did i mention Albanian anywhere? i only mentioned PIE and Hittite, what is wrong with you ? Also, i didn't read anything anywhere, i just use the PIE dictionary and since you mentioned Hittite i used an Hittite word coming from PIE. Also, that i wrote was not limited...

let's say this is the real meaning of those name, we can attempt a connection with PIE *atta (father) which revolves into Hittite *attas ? If so can we connect other places to those, such as Athens (*atta (*hath) + *ena)? This acn give to those name a significance of "father land" + other word...

is Wilusa related to Ilyos?

can someine give me explanation for this: albanian "buke" means "bread" and Orel derives it from Latin "bucca" meaning "mouth". Why this cannot be derived from phrygian (Tracian maybe connections with illyrian) "bekos" meaning "bread" (and even further PIE *bheHg-)? ps i am not 100% sure but...

i was very fascinated from numerals from around the world. In particular the word for number 2 in some language: let's compare just for fun: Basque "bi" - Latin "bis" (derives from shift du -> b)- Nimbia (Nigeria) "bi" - Ganda "bbiri" - Swahili "mbili" - Sukuma (Tanzania) "ibili" - Turkic "bir"...

well Hvrati could simply be a shift of the same word Croati, also Japan is a shift from Nippon. Am i right?

trust me, it's burre, cause the etymology is Pokorny's not mine. Also madh comes from *mag because of change of g -> dh as in dhembe (tooth) and dhe (ground, earth), cognates with latin "magnus", greek "mega" etc

'pourre' ? do you mean 'burre'? the albanian word should be an evolution of PIE *bʰuH- (become) and *bʰer- (bear, carry) relating to 'child who grew up' or something like that.

does anybody know if there is any relation between PIE *kap(grab) and ProtoSemitic *kapp (hand)?

hi, this is a request i have, does anybody know where to find the work of Albert Joris Van Windekens about Pelasgian language as a IndoEuropean language? The only word i found is for Athena as *atta (father) + *ena (feminine suffix).

maybe Ötzi spoke a pre-Celtic language

i'd really like to read about the culture and habits of the Proto-indo-europeans, but the only thing i have is this from Wikipedia: The Proto-Indo-Europeans were a patrilineal society, possibly semi-nomadic, relying largely on agriculture, but partly on animal husbandry, notably of cattleand...

the only thing i found is this http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%F0%92%8B%BC, but it doesn't tell anything about what words derived from it. just a curiosity, how do they know that that symbol is called "temen"?

i thought it was possible to have connections between non european languages. i remember the word *táwros (bull) cognating with the semitic *θawr-. Maybe "temen" cognates with the word themel and θεμα. Maybe it can be a very old borrowing during some very old migration.

what about sumerian :D ? the word "temen" means foundation and it is very similar to albanian "themel" which mean foundation.

even better :) Romania is further away but still has the connection with sardinian, it could proove in some way that illyrian-thracian culture and old non IE language have something in common.

i learned albanian from my parents. the words i posted are all from linguist Alberto Areddu. The word "mud" i used as "lloç" i use to pronounce it "lluc".