Re: Evidence for Nostratic? (was Re: Proto-Uralic?)

Quoting Markus Miekk-oja <fam.miekk-oja@...>:

> > For what is worth, in French such a thing is called "dent", meaning
> > definitely "tooth", which for me is no different from talking about the
> > "foot" of a mountain.
>
> >Swedish forks have _tänder_, which word normally means "teeth".
>
> I'd call those _tinnar_. [Double-blind test on two native Fennoswedes]: Yep.
> The same's true for most fork-shaped objects (högrepar, räfsor). Combs have
> teeth tho'.
>
> "Tinnar" have the same "sharp projection" meaning as in English. "Sagrada
> Familia har många torn och tinnar" - Sagrada Familia's got lots of towers
> and tinds.
For me, _tinnar_ are strictly the things found atop walls and towers.

                                                       Andreas