From: tgpedersen
Message: 47765
Date: 2007-03-09
>This source says *-inya (vel sim.)
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> <miguelc@> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:52:24 -0000, "tgpedersen"
> > <tgpedersen@> wrote:
> >
> > >http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/33467
> > >http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/33527
> > >What's the deal with Slavic pustynia "desert"?
> > >Why does it have the same rare suffix?
> >
> > What's your source for "the ending of Dutch 'woestijn'
> > "desert" is < *-unya"?
>
> I don't recall anymore. The same source that pointed out the
> rareness of the suffix of Hercynia and fergunna, most likely. It
> looks like it might be Kuhn, I'll check it whent I get back to my
> own PC.