Re: [tied] Five [was: Number games]

From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
Message: 6834
Date: 2001-03-28

On Wed, 28 Mar 2001 01:06:30 +0200, "Piotr Gasiorowski"
<gpiotr@...> wrote:

>Actually, "fist" is most naturally analysable as *pnkW-s-ti- > PGmc. *funx(W)sti- > *fu(:)xsti > *fu:sti ~ *fusti > OHG fûst, OE fyst, etc. The presence of *x(W) accounts for the very early loss of the nasal in West Germanic. The derivation of Slavic *pe~stI is straightforward (< *pInstI- < *pnksti- < *pnkW-s-ti-).

There is no direct evidence for the *kw in Slavic, although you're
right that a *x would get rid of the nasal in OHG better than a mere
*s.

>Also finger < PGmc. *fingra- < PIE *penkW-ró-.

I didn't say it wasn't (strictly speaking, you can't prove the
labialization).

>It's very difficult to believe these words have nothing to do with *penkWe.

Really?

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