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From: v187ef4y@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu (Patrick J Crowe)
Subject: Re: original Indo-European words
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In article <fgao-0103950030100001@nb-dyna107.interaccess.com>,
 fgao@interaccess.com (ab113) writes...
> 
> 
>If I recall correctly, linguists have possibly identified where proto-IE was
>spoken by the appearance of several geographically words in most 
>Indo-European languages.  Without getting into too much detail, I think
>one of these is a words for salmon, which we carry down into English as
>"lox".  Another is a word for "birch".  From these clues, linguists can make
>a reasonable guess as to where proto-IE was spoken.
> 
>My question is, what are some of the other words that fall into this list?

Check out the American Heritage Dictionary; there's an appendix dealing with
the reconstruction of PIE.  An easy-to-read, easy-to-find source.

-Pat Crowe, SUNY at Buffalo
