Re: [tied] Re: IE right & 10

> This is interesting. The modern Finnish word for 10 is 'kymmenen'.
> It's etymology is given as unknown in the sources I have. It is
> presumed to be fairly recent in Finnish since the original FU
> speakers had a base 6 number system,

This is a bad idea, see e.g
@Book{numbers:Honti,
title = {Die Grundzahlw\"{o}rter der Uralischen Sprachen},
author = {L\'{a}szl\'{o} Honti},
series = {Bibliotheca Uralica},
volume = 11,
publisher = {Akad\'{e}miai Kiad\'{o}, Budapest},
year = {1993}
}