Five waves of Indo-European expansion: a preliminary model (2018)

[Indo-Aryan]

Your take Boys!

 

[Indo-Aryan]

Ain't it interesting post 2000bce we have Mitannis in western Iran and proto Scythians in the far north.

They post 1000bce split further into this

 

[Indo-Aryan]

2300bce-2100bce

Sumerian legends about Aratta

Later in and around Sumeria we have kings with names like Artatama & Artashumara


2100bce Aratta was most likely an Arya speaking state somewhere in south eastern Iran or Afghanistan.

It (Aratta) is a fabulously wealthy place full of gold, silver, lapis lazuli and other precious materials, as well as the artisans to craft them.

 

[Indo-Aryan]

Peacock motifs among Yazdis and Mitannis
Use of satta instead of hatta/Hapta


If that's camel
Indian camel has one hump
Bactrian camel has two hump


Sinauli 2000bce
Mitanni 1600bce

 

[Indo-Aryan]

Mitanni vs Indo Aryan
( Punjabi/Sindhi/Koshur/Sanskrit)

aika - Ikk - akh - hiku - eka
tera - Tin - tre - ṭī - tri
panza - Panj - Pancs - pañja - pañcan
satta - Satt - sath - sata - sapta
na - No - nav - nava - nava


Mitanni vs Iranian
(Kurdish/Persian/Pashto/Blauchi)

aika - yek - yek - yəw - yak
tera - sê - se - dre - sy
panza - pênc - panj - pinzjə - panch
satta - heft - haft - ûwa - hapt/heft
na - no - noh - nəh - nuo