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

On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 11:39:30 -0000, "tgpedersen
<tgpedersen@...>" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>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

Of all the Afro-Asiatic subgroups, Omotic is doubtless the least
likely to have been in contact with PIE. Besides, Semitic
*s^ids^atu(m), *sab`atu(m) look like more likely sources for PIE
*sWek^sW and *septm than yaku and tubsu.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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