Re: Uralic Loanwords in Germanic

From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 62495
Date: 2009-01-14

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel J. Milton" <dmilt1896@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 3:53 PM
Subject: [tied] Uralic Loanwords in Germanic


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> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Arnaud Fournet" <fournet.arnaud@...>
> wrote:
>> >> <kantele>.
>> >
>> > The latter from P.I.E. *kan-tlom, no doubt.
>> > David
>> >
>> ==
>>
>> How do you explain -tele out of -tlom- ?
>> Why should it not be kantolo or kantala !?
>> => very strange vocalic scheme.
> *******
> 'Kantele' has been discussed on Cybalist, before Arnaud's time.
> Type it in the search box.
> Dan
>
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8 messages.
None of them explains how kan-tlom could be become kantele.

A.