DID INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES STEM FROM A TRANS-EURASIAN ORIGINAL LANGUAGE? - An Interdisciplinary Approach

Aug 29, 2026

This interdisciplinary study examines linguistic concordances between Gaulish and Slavic using linguistic, genetic, archaeological, historical, and religious evidence. It argues these links reflect Neolithic migrations from North-Western India and Pakistan toward Iran, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, the Caucasus, the North of the Black Sea, and Danubian/Balkan Europe, influencing megalithic civilization in Gaul from around 5,000 BCE and implying an archaic Trans-Eurasian language origin. The work also connects Gaulish with Dravidian, Altaic, Uralic, Kartvelian, Anatolian, and Middle Eastern languages, and suggests parallels in society and religion alongside ancient haplogroup diffusion.

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DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5717164 DID INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES STEM FROM A TRANS-EURASIAN ORIGINAL LANGUAGE? AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH Xavier Rouard University of Rouen Normandy, Department of Slavic languages (Alumnus), 1 Rue Thomas Becket, 76130 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France ([rouardx@gmail.com](rouardx@gmail.com)) Received: 21/08/2021 Accepted: 21/11/2021 ABSTRACT This interdisciplinary study allowed me to establish, on the basis of linguistic, genetic, archaeological, historical and religious data, that linguistic concordances between Gaulish and Slavic were linked with Neolithic migrations from North-Western India and Pakistan to Iran, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, the Caucasus, the North of the Black Sea, Danubic and Balkan Europe, Gaul and Iberia, where Neolithic farmers contributed to the formation of the megalithic civilisation which developed in Gaul from 5.000 BC and brought an archaic language stemming from a Trans-Eurasian original language. This explains the linguistic concordances I established between Gaulish and Dravidian languages – 250 common words from the 500 words I studied (and 160 with Burushaski), as well as with Altaic, Uralic, Kartvelian, Anatolian and Middle-Eastern languages. This also explains similarities I have found in the organisation of the Society and religion, which lead certain researchers to suggest, on the basis of the spread of the very ancient haplogroup H2 P-96 from India to Western Europe, that first Europeans and proto-Dravidians had a very ancient common origin, as the macrohaplogroup F and the haplogroup H could appear in India. Cette étude interdisciplinaire m’a permis de démontrer, sur la base de données linguistiques, génétiques, archéologiques, historiques et religieuses, que les correspondances linguistiques entre le gaulois et le slave étaient liées à des migrations Néolithiques d’Inde et du Pakistan du Nord-Ouest vers l’Iran, la Mésopotamie, l’Anatolie, le Caucase, le Nord de la Mer Noire, l’Europe danubienne et balkanique, la Gaule et l’Ibérie, où les agriculteurs néolithiques ont contribué à former la civilisation mégalithique qui s’est développée en Gaule à partir de-5.000 et apporté une langue archaïque issue d’une langue originelle trans-eurasienne. Cela explique les correspondances linguistiques que j’ai établies entre le gaulois et les langues dravidiennes-250 mots communs sur les 500 mots étudiés (et 160 avec le bourouchaski), ainsi qu’avec les langues altaïques, ouraliennes, karvéliennes, anatoliennes et moyen-orientales. Cela explique aussi les similitudes constatées dans l’organisation de la société et la religion, qui amènent certains chercheurs à suggérer, sur la base de la diffusion du très ancien haplogroupe H2 P-96 de l’Inde à l’Europe de l’Ouest, que les premiers Européens et les proto-Dravidiens avaient une origine commune très ancienne, le macrohaplogroupe F et l’haplogroupe H ayant pu apparaitre en Inde. KEYWORDS: PIE reconstruction, trans-Eurasian language, historical linguistics, ancient history, ancient archaeology, aDNA research, ancient migrations, ancient religions 1. INTRODUCTION Gaulish was an ancient Celtic language that was spoken in parts of Continental Europe before and during the period of the Roman Empire. (Eska 2008; Watkins 1999, p. 6; McCone 1996) . The Slavic languages, also known as the Slavonic languages, are Indo-European languages spoken primarily by the Slavic peoples or their descendants. The current geographical distribution of natively spoken Slavic languages includes the Balkans, Central and Eastern Europe, and all the way from Western Siberia to the Russian Far East. (Lockwood 1972; Novotna, Blažek 2007; Schenker 2002). Starting from a linguistic study about linguistic concordances between Gaulish and Slavic languages (Orr 1992), I discovered that the etymology of Gaulish and Slavic words isn’t exclusively IndoEuropean and also shows concordances with Dravidian, Altaic, Uralic, Kartvelian, Anatolian and MiddleEas

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What question does the paper address?

The paper investigates whether Indo-European languages ultimately derive from a Trans-Eurasian original language, using an interdisciplinary framework.

Which types of evidence are used to support the argument?

It combines linguistic, genetic, archaeological, historical, and religious data to explain concordances between Gaulish and Slavic and their wider connections.

How does the study explain similarities beyond language?

It claims parallels also appear in social organization and religion, and links these to proposed ancient shared origins and haplogroup diffusion patterns.

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