John Vertical wrote:
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> The crutch is that Finnish doesn't really derive _sähkö_ from anywhere -
> it's a completely inanalyzable word with no secondary meanings, basically an
> a priori coinage with some vaig phonesthetic influences. I was wondering if
> any other natlang also does THAT.
An a_priori coinage? Interesting - I'm not aware of any natlang that
does that for electricity.
> ...I could ask the same for any other "modern" concept, really. Modern
> Finnish is probably much more Constructed than any other extant standard
> language, and yet I can't really think of any other such words in use, so to
> find more such hits might require loosening the requirements.
Welsh _nwy_ [nuj] = "gas" comes to mind.
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