I must be living right!
click on www.google.com
Enter Prussian Language Reconstructions
Click on their web site, Prussian Language Reconstructions.
Scrolling about half way down, it gives examples of Prussian
styles of letter combinations etc.
Also, there are other sites (that I have not yet explored) of this
same subject.
Yes Roy, it does mention Indo-European.
Regards,
Robert Lipprandt
----- Original Message -----
From: Roy Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: [WFA] But, Roy, lost is lost.
> Hungarians (Magyars), Estonians, and Finns did not wander into Europe
nearly
> that early. Before the 9th century AD the Magyars were somewhere in
> mid-Asia. They split apart from the Estonians and Finns about 2000 years
> ago if I remember correctly. I believe the Germanic tribes also wandered
in
> later than that.
>
> I just went to the search engine Northernlight.com and checked out
> Indo-European languages. All European languages except (as far as I know)
> Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian, and Basque are Indo-European, as are
Sanskrit
> (India), Farsi (Iranian), and some dialects in China. These originated in
> the area of Iran and apparently from the article, the early splitting
apart
> began occurring about 3000 BC, after which migrations led the various
> peoples to where they are now. I don't think any modern languages can be
> traced back as far as 5000 BC as you theorize. The distinct languages of
> Latvia, Estonia, etc., are MUCH later developments than that and they are
> branches of other languages (Slavic, Finno-Ugric) that also developed
later.
> I do not believe there is any evidence of a distinct Prussian language
other
> than maybe as a dialect of German. I doubt that any of the ancestors of
the
> modern Prussians were even living in that area that long ago, unless by
> mixture with the Germanic peoples who overran them. If so, they would
> probably have been Celtic as much of northern Europe was before the
Germanic
> tribes pushed them to the west coast and they lingered only in the islands
> as the Scots, Welsh, and Irish, etc.
>
> The discussion is interesting and I found out what I wanted to know. You
> have an interesting theory about a distinct Prussian language, but there
is
> no such known language.
>
> Regards, and thanks for some interesting thoughts.
>
> Roy Johnson
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "judy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 10:18 AM
> Subject: [WFA] But, Roy, lost is lost.
>
>
> > I do not know what linguistic relics of Prussian remain in the German
> language. Since there is no one alive that spoke the language there is no
> direct way to know. I suppose if one was very familiar with German he
could
> sift out terms that have no other roots. One that has always struck me is
> "horst". It is used as a given name and a part of a surname. Maybe if one
> could just roam around the small villages where Prussia once was one could
> pick up small clues. A lot of armies have trampled over that land, if you
> consider how much I and my fellow GI's mangled Deutsch you might be
finding
> some weird artifacts. Maybe Lithuanian shows some clues.There are areas
> there that speak a Lithuanian dialect that the rest of the country has
> trouble with.
> > I have theorized that there was a minor glaciation of Europe about 5000
> years ago. Just enough ice to dislodge a great number of people. ( This
> would be the period that the ancient Greek language died. ) ( It is also
> this period that caused the tall redheaded mummies in the Gobi desert ) A
> few stayed and could scratch out a living. Prussia could be a group that
> stayed and spoke some ancient dialect that the returning people did not
> understand. Now this is my theory. Historians generally point to a gap in
> History abut this time. I'm just trying to fill the gap.
> > kenn
> >
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