Re: for Alvin

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

> On Tue, 20 Aug 2002 01:19:06 +0200, alexmoeller@... wrote:
>
> >So, why latin? some are identic utih skt. and avestan, some

identic with

> >baltic some looks more osco-umbric.. I dont think is so clear as

the

> >water this is inherited from latin.And if we think about the
> >construction of numerals betwen eleven and 20 we are lost in space.
>
> The numbers 1-10 are directly inherited from Latin. The

construction of

> numerals betwen eleven and 20 is a calque from Slavic.
>
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> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv@...

It is a good thing Slavic has survived and not gone the way of
Dacian. Otherwise where would those Romanian numbers have been a
calque from?

Torsten