The study of the lexicon of the Northern European languages, especially Germanic and Baltic, reveals that a large number of terms relevant to the eco… - Edgar Charles Polomé

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The study of the lexicon of the Northern European languages, especially Germanic and Baltic, reveals that a large number of terms relevant to the ecology of the habitat of the early populations of the area and to their socioeconomic activities have no plausible Indo-European etymology. (…) it is possible to ascribe to the pre-Indo-European substrate in the Baltic area a number of names of plants, animals, objects and activities characteristic of the Neolithic cultures.

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About Edgar Charles Polomé

Edgar Ghislain Charles Polomé (July 31, 1920, March 11, 2000) was a Belgian-American philologist and religious studies scholar. He specialized in Germanic and Indo-European studies and was active at the University of Texas at Austin for much of his career.

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Alternative Names: Edgar Charles Polome Edgar C. Polomé
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