Re: Historical Sound Change & Numbers Puzzle

Sanghyeon Seo wrote:
> 2007/3/10, Joseph Fatula <joefatula@...>:
>> Can you figure out how the ancestral number system worked?
>
> I tried, but I can't!
>
> I guess 5=si is from ancestral se, and 10=neru is from ancestral nelru.
> Apart from that, I'm completely lost. Especially,
>
> 3=wec, 8=nel, 30=bornel, 50=borwec?
>
> Others, any idea?
You've got the right ideas with 5 and 10 - take a look at Alex's response.

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