Re: [tied] Finnish hevonen "horse"

From: João S. Lopes Filho
Message: 10749
Date: 2001-10-30

I know very little about Uralic phonetic equations, but Finnish *h < Uralic *s^? Was there labiovelars in Finnish (or perhaps Balto-Finnic?) Could point to a *s^ekWo-/s^ikWo- > Greek hippos, Baltic-finnic *hepo- ? I've already pointed to odd resemblance between the names of the titans KOIOS and PHOIBE: and Finnish Kuu and Paiva "moon" and "sun".
 
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From: Piotr Gasiorowski
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 6:20 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Finnish hevonen "horse"

I don't think it has a Uralic ancestor, but seems to be common Baltic-Finnic: Karelian heponi, Veps hebo, Votic opõn. Finnish hevonen is an expanded form of <hepo>, as far as I know, with the suppletive suffix <-nen/-s(e)->, e.g. gen.sg. <hevosen>, nom.pl. <hevoset> (in compounds we have <hevos->). Similarly in Estonian: hobu, hobune, gen.sg. hobuse, etc. I don't know its etymology, but any similarity to <hippos> can only be accidental. Any Uralic experts on the list?
 
Piotr
 
 
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Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 10:47 PM
Subject: [tied] Finnish hevonen "horse"