[tied] Re: IE right & 10

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 20:57:02 +0000, Peter P
> <roskis@...> wrote:
>
> >As far as I can find out, Hungarian húsz, 20 comes from kúsz 'man
> >crawling on hands & toes'(20 digits) <*kuj, man.
>
> Sammallahti gives PFU (Permic-Ugric, anyways) *kuus'i "20"
> (Permic kyz', Mansi *kus, Xanty *kåås, Hung. húsz).
>
> =======================
> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv@...

Thanks for that. Coincidentally modern Finnish, kuusi, "6".
Although Finnish contains a significant number of IE loans, we
probably have drifted OT.

Peter P