Theiling Online    Sitemap    Conlang Mailing List HQ   

Re: electronyms

From:Viktor Epp <suaroth@...>
Date:Sunday, September 16, 2007, 22:01
Geoff Horswood schrieb:
> --- R A Brown <ray@...> wrote: >> John Vertical wrote: >> [snip] >>> 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. > Again, Kazakh has the word /tOq/, which is completely > undrelated to anything and means electrical power. > The lights go out because /tOq jOq/ - no power.
But wouldn't this Kazakh word be a borrowing of Russian _ток (tok)_ "current"? Viktor

Reply

Geoff Horswood <geoffhorswood@...>