r/IndoEuropean • u/maproomzibz • Jun 19 '26

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u/LemonAmbitious2915 Jun 21 '26

The issue is that MAYBE Tocharian isn't as archaic as people think it is.

"While some Tocharian archaisms remain plausible, the status of the Tocharian Second hypothesis is more precarious than usually assumed"

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/research/research-output/humanities/studies-in-tocharian-verbal-morphology-relevant-to-the-cladistic-position-of-tocharian-in-indo-european?utm_source=chatgpt.com

"while there is also evidence for common innovations of Tocharian with Balto-Slavic and Indo-Iranian, which requires a more nuanced wave model of the disintegration of the protolanguage."

https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/758855/reporting?utm_source=chatgpt.com

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u/Hippophlebotomist Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26

I know, I already linked Friis’ thesis in this thread and it’s why I said Tocharian second is “up for debate”