Re: Comparative Notes on Hurro-Urartian, Northern Caucasian and Indo

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

>
> This is *the* site for numbers
> http://www.zompist.com/numbers.shtml
> IE
> http://www.zompist.com/euro.htm#ie
> AA
> http://www.zompist.com/mide.htm#afro
> For 'three' check out Austronesian
> http://www.zompist.com/anes.htm (check also 'two')
> and Niger-Congo
> http://www.zompist.com/niger.htm
>
> And, BTW, I consider them loans! not cognates
> http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/II.html
> http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/III.html
>
>
> Torsten
>

Thanks for the words of encouragement. It's been a short break.

This is slightly off-topic, but would anyone know what explains the
<s-> in Brythonic words for "seven"?

Brythonic (P-Celtic)
Proto-Brythonic+ oino dau tri petuar pempe hweh seht oht nau dek
Welsh un dau tri pedwar pump chwech saith wyth naw deg
Cardiganshire în tô târ câr cw^i sich soch nîch noch dê
Breton unan daou tri pewar pemp c'hwec'h seizh eizh nav dek
Vannetais unan deu tri pear pemp huéh seih eih naù dek
Unified Cornish+ un deu try peswar pymp whegh seyth eath naw dek
Common onan dew tri peswar pymp hwegh seyth eth naw deg
Modern on deaw try pager pemp whee sith eath nawe deeg
Devonian+ un deu tri peduar pemp hueh seith eith nau dek


Andrew