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Re: Kentum/satem (was: The future of Sturnan)

From:BP Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Monday, April 29, 2002, 18:31
At 07:59 2002-04-29 +0100, Jan van Steenbergen wrote:

>"Kentum" and "Satem" both mean "100" (in Latin and Sanskrit, both
Latin and Avestan. The Avestan form is actually transliterated _sat@m_ and pronounced [satEm], while the Sanskrit is transliterated _çatam_ and pronounced [s\@t@m]... /BP 8^)> -- B.Philip Jonsson mailto:melrochX@melroch.net (delete X) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__ A h-ammen ledin i phith! \ \ __ ____ ____ _____________ ____ __ __ __ / / \ \/___ \\__ \ /___ _____/\ \\__ \\ \ \ \\ \ / / / / / / / \ / /Melroch\ \_/ // / / // / / / / /___/ /_ / /\ \ / /Melarokko\_ // /__/ // /__/ / /_________//_/ \_\/ /Eowine __ / / \___/\_\\___/\_\ Gwaedhvenn Angeliniel\ \______/ /a/ /_h-adar Merthol naun ~~~~~~~~~Kuinondil~~~\________/~~\__/~~~Noolendur~~~~~~ || Lenda lenda pellalenda pellatellenda kuivie aiya! || "A coincidence, as we say in Middle-Earth" (JRR Tolkien)