From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 18229
Date: 2003-01-28
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From: "Sergejus Tarasovas" <S.Tarasovas@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 9:01 AM
Subject: RE: [tied] Fw: Sorok i devianosto
> There's also a subversion of this etymology, explaining ORuss _sorokU_ eventually from the Proto-Slavic root-nest *sork- 'shirt; any sack-like object' (cf. ORuss _soroc^IkU_ '40 skins' < 'sack of 40 skins' < 'sack', but _soroc^ica_ 'shirt').
Thanks. That, I think, is what Comrie actually wrote too, perhaps suggesting a trade loan from Slavic into Germanic -- I don't remember the details. The earliest I can check it up in that book on IE numerals is on Friday.
Piotr