Re: [tied] Enneia.

From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
Message: 12076
Date: 2002-01-16

On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 21:14:06 +0100, "Yves Deroubaix"
<yves_deroubaix@...> wrote:

>The Greek word enneia (nine) comes from enneJ-n. The N is vocalized to an A. Why does this J comes from? the Proto-Indo-European word is *newn, with a W.

The Greek word is ennea < *ennewa < *en-newn. The en- is mysterious.

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