Re: Jordanes Dacian or Gothic 'bi-lageineis'

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

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> Estonian luge-ma "read" (inf.), Old Chinese *lok- "recite (text)",
> (appr.! I don't have my books around), Latin leg- "read". The world
> is full of superficial and accidental coincidences.
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> Torsten
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Some linguists suggest a very early connection between the origin of
Estonian lugeda - to read and Latin legere - to read. The original
meaning of lugeda was 'count' (to a predetermined total, usually 10).
Cf. Mordvin 'lovoms' - 10, Vogul 'low' - 10. Later it also meant
decipher written characters, hence 'read'.

Peter P