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Re: Finnish, IE, Germanic

From:JS Bangs <jaspax@...>
Date:Thursday, November 21, 2002, 23:16
> IE *_ghel-_ 'shine'; Finnish _keltainen_ 'yellow'; Greek _Keltoi_
This is impossible, because PIE *gh should give Gk kh. I can't speaj for the Finnish. The other three look good to me, though.
> IE *_magh-_ 'to be able, to have power'; Finnish _voimakas_ 'strong'; > Hungarian _Magyar_ > IE *_math-_ 'worm'; Finnish _mato_ 'worm' > Germanic *_jehwla_; Finnish _juhla_ 'celebration, festival, party' > > Robert Wilson (aka Elentirno Perellar aka Kuvazokad) > http://kuvazokad.free.fr/ > ><(((> ><(((> <)))>< ><(((> ><(((> > I yessessë Eru ontanë Menel ar Cemen. > I yessessë ëa Quetta ar Quetta né as Eru ar Eru né Quetta. >
Jesse S. Bangs jaspax@u.washington.edu http://students.washington.edu/jaspax/ Jesus asked them, "Who do you say that I am?" And they answered, "You are the eschatological manifestation of the ground of our being, the kerygma in which we find the ultimate meaning of our interpersonal relationship." And Jesus said, "What?"