Talk:Proto-Indo-European society

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so far, the text is copied from the summary article Proto-Indo-European: it should be expanded into more detail here. dab 13:44, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] "roth"?

PIE citation forms are in e-grade, not o-grade; and if that h is meant to be a laryngeal, you should indicate which one it is. Furthermore, according to American Heritage, PIE *ret- meant verb 'roll', not noun 'wheel', and isn't indicative of whether wheels existed in the protoculture the way *kwekwl- is. AJD 14:28, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Actually, if you're citing "wheel" than the o-grade is supposed to be there (and the laryngeal as well, as you say). The noun is *rotH₂-eH₂ (the feminine is in -eH₂), hence Latin rotā and Sanskrit ratha. O-grades are typical in deverbal noun formation. The citation form of the verb stem is properly *retH₂-. --Glengordon01 21:51, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

I did what I could to help you with the roots but, man, this article is in bad need of research and I don't have time to waste rearranging this entire article. There are better pages to contribute to. --Glengordon01 21:45, 17 April 2006 (UTC)