The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads v2.c41.s1.35

v2.c41.s1.35

⁶ That Indo-European is a composite trade-route language of Baltic-Mesopotamian origin is a mere guess, of an improbable character. That it was an easy language is equally implausible; all extant Indo-European speeches are vastly more simple than the original (see, e.g., Jespersen, *Progress in Language*).