[tied] Five [was: Number games]

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 6828
Date: 2001-03-28

Actually, "fist" is most naturally analysable as *pnkW-s-ti- > PGmc. *funx(W)sti- > *fu(:)xsti > *fu:sti ~ *fusti > OHG fûst, OE fyst, etc. The presence of *x(W) accounts for the very early loss of the nasal in West Germanic. The derivation of Slavic *pe~stI is straightforward (< *pInstI- < *pnksti- < *pnkW-s-ti-).
 
Also finger < PGmc. *fingra- < PIE *penkW-ró-. It's very difficult to believe these words have nothing to do with *penkWe.
 
Piotr
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Number games [was: the centum-word]

It is interesting to compare the words for "fist", Germanic *pu:sti-, Slavic *pensti-.