The presented results prove that the most ancient Eurasian pulse crops were well-known and extensively cultivated by the ancestors of all modern European nations. The Modern Maltese preserved the memory of two Proto-Semitic roots, * 'adaš- (‘lentil’) and * pūl- (‘field bean’). The Proto-Caucasianx root * denoted pea, while another one, * hōwł(ā) (‘bean’, ‘lentil’) and the Proto-Basque root * iłha-r (‘pea’, ‘bean’, ‘vetch’) could have a common Proto-Sino-Caucasian ancestor, *hVwłV (‘bean’) within the hypothetic Dené-Caucasian language superfamily. No Proto-Uralic root was attested save hypothetically * kača (‘pea’), while there were two Proto-Altaic roots, * bŭkrV (‘pea’) and * (‘lentil’). Six Proto-Indo-European roots were indentified, namely arnk(')- (‘a leguminous plant’), * bhabh- (‘field bean’), * (‘a kernel of leguminous plant’, ‘pea’), ghArs- (‘a leguminous plant’), * kek- (‘pea’) and * lent- (‘lentil’). This preliminary research was aimed at finding the roots in various Eurasian proto-languages directly related to pulses and giving the words denoting the same in modern European languages.
