GERMANIC		BALTIC		SLAVIC
		-©		* <
;-L1i;C';\,fi<N r-
O ^"rt'Jto* wheel (o) 'rot-eft,- wheel "J" 'r^fts- thtll
□
•oki axle
'wegheti convey in a vehicle
Figure 4.2 The geographic distribution of the Indo-European wheel-wagon vocabulary.
IUUU DV-t
Iranian Indk
Italic m* *r Celtic       Slavic     "Z£ Baltics
% X
Sfc     J---~__A>rnenia
Germanic_iioo
Anatolian
4100
3000 BCE
3700
-^TbchariarT)
4000 BCE 4500 -
I
I-L_J-1 5000 BCE
ill
5 s a
Steppe Regions
Key	
----^ largely isolated	<vvi -w» frequent
---after separation	significant borrowing
w <w>     occasional but	Ml    end of
significant borrowing	proto- language
Figure 5.2 A diagram of the sequence and approximate dates of splits in early Indo-European as proposed in this book, with the maximal window for Proto-Indo-European indicated by the dashed lines. The dates of splits arc determined by archaeological events described in chapters 11 (Anatolian) throughlfo (Iranian and Indie).