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Re: Finnish, IE, Germanic

From:Robert B Wilson <han_solo55@...>
Date:Friday, November 22, 2002, 2:29
On Thu, 21 Nov 2002 15:16:35 -0800 JS Bangs <jaspax@...>
writes:
> > 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.
but _Keltoi_ is not an inherited word in greek.
> Jesse S. Bangs jaspax@u.washington.edu
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.