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The term salmon argument (German: Lachsargument) is used in Indo-European studies[1] to refer to an outdated argument in favour of placing the Indo-European urheimat in the Baltic region as opposed to the Eurasian Steppe, based on the cognate etymology of the respective words for salmon in Germanic and Balto-Slavic languages. It is also known as the salmon problem.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Giacalone-Ramat & Ramat 1998, p. 19.
  2. ^ Diebold 1976, pp. 341–387.

Bibliography

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  • Giacalone-Ramat, Anna; Ramat, Paolo (1998). The Indo-European Languages. New York: Routledge. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-415-06449-1.
  • Diebold, A. Richard (1976). "Contributions to the Indo-European salmon problem". In Christie, William M (ed.). Current proceedings in historical linguistics. 2nd International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Tucson, 12-16 January 1976. Amsterdam: North-Holland. pp. 341–387.