+Kentum-like

Kentum like

  • Latin centum (originally pronounced with /k/, although most modern descendants of Latin have a sibilant there), Greek (he)katon, Welsh cant.
    • In the Germanic languages, the /k/ developed regularly by Grimm’s law to become /h/, as in the English hund(red).
  • Latin, a centum language, as co(n)-; conjoin is cognate with Russian soyuz (“union”)

Bell Beaker culture

  • Arising from around 2800 BC, it lasted in Britain until as late as 1800 BC, but in continental Europe only until 2300 BC, when it was succeeded by the Unetice culture.
  • 50% WSH ancestry.