Re: [tied] Number games [was: the centum-word]

--- In cybalist@..., Miguel Carrasquer Vidal <mcv@...> wrote:

> On Sun, 25 Mar 2001 17:21:06 +0200, Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> <mcv@...> wrote:
>
> >(i.e. the last finger in the hand, cf. the "pinkie" [< Du. pink <
> >non-Germanic [Latin? Celtic?] sub/adstrate?]).
>
> Wasn't thinking. Latin would have given *kwink, Celtic *pimp. It's
> obviously not Germanic. Must be something else.
>
> =======================
> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv@...

Something I read once:
A near-by (to Dutch) river name: Ennepe (Ruhr district, Germany) has
been analysed as containing the aqua water word, thus in the (North
German non-Celtic) substrate language qu -> p (or is <apa> an
independent word)?

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