Re: Early Indo-European loanwords preserved in Finnish

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:

>
> > Or is 'Indo-Germanic' to be disparaged as ignorant?
>
> English 'Indo-Germanic' is to be disparaged; German
> 'indogermanisch' is unfortunate but far too well established
> to be seriously challenged.
>
> Brian
>

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I read somewhere long ago that "Indogermanisch" is not simple
patriotism, but that the succession of vowels in "Indoeuropaish" is
difficult for the German speaker.
Is there anything to this?
Dan