Year: 1970
Author: Paul Friedrich
Genre: history of prehistoric society, historical linguistics, Indo-Europeanism
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 226-26480-7
English language
Format: PDF
Number of Pages: 200

This monograph correlates the results of detailed linguistic research on the identification of Proto-Indo-European (PIE) tree names with the findings of palaeobotany concerning the history and distribution of species in the PIE homeland of western Asia/eastern Europe. The philological evidence is analysed in detail for 18 major categories of trees, viz. birch, conifers, juniper/cedar, aspen/poplar, willow, apple, maple, alder, hazel, nut tree, elm, linden, ash, hornbeam, beech, cherry, yew, and oak. It is argued that these 18 'arboreal units' involve 30 names and 41 species.

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