So the Indo European language forms the basis of all European languages spoken today.

The Corded Ware people migrated out of central Europe into northern Europe around 2500BC, spreading their DNA, culture and language as far as Ukraine.

The current theory is that proto Indo European speakers were nomads from the Pontic Steppe who in about 4000 BC suddenly exploded outwards, creating the Corded Ware, Bell Beaker and Battleaxe cultures of northern Europe, Western Europe and Scandinavia.