PIE *H?

I was just wondering what basis was used to conclude that PIE did not
have *h, given that the five earliest recorded tongues, namely
Sanskrit, Greek, Avestan, Latvian and Gothic, all employ *h from
moderate to considerable degrees, and *h is present in Slavic
languages, other than Russian and Bulgarian.

Thanks very much.

Rob
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