Correspondences of Cultural Words between Old Chinese and Proto-lndo-European
by Zhou Jixu
Abstract
This paper lists 97 groups of cultural words that correspond in Old Chinese and Proto-Indo-European, falling into eight categories. The correspondences are further evidence of the close relationship between the Chinese language and Indo-European languages in the "prehistoric period, in addition to "basic word correspondences." Moreover, by noting the objects and concepts that are designated by these words, as they refer to features of developing human civilization in ancient times, we may ascertain the approximate period of the intimate relationship between Chinese and Indo-Europeans.