[tied] Re: "Will the 'real' linguist please stand up?"

> >> I've been toying with the idea of something similar in PIE, in
> >another
> >> borrowed numeral, "6", if from Semitic *s^eds^ (*s^ets^), giving

PIE

> >> *sWeksW.
> >>
> >"6" and what else? Now I see two thumbs on the weight.
>

But is it certain that the loan came from Semitic or might it be from
some other AfroAsiatic language (with Semitic later k > t)? Note in

http://www.zompist.com/mide.htm#afro

for "six" and "seven"
Omotic, North, Dizoid
Dizi yàkú tù:sú
Shako yaku tubsu
Nao yakko tessen

Torsten