[tied] Re: bake

> I side with the idea that the Uralic and IE words are inherited
> roots from a common origin and that there was never any direct
> contact between Uralic and IE. Sure, the *na"xI word seems like
> it's borrowed from *gWnax (if we assume loosely that *gW- had
> disappeared due to Uralic syllabic constraints) but then again
> they could also be faux-amis. I also don't see any way for *na"xI
> and *gWnax to be inherited roots from an earlier parent language.
>
>
> - gLeN
>

Perhaps you'd like this better (Blaz^ek):

*na:k- "female" Dravidian
*naag/k- "woman/wife" East Cushitic
*neg^ho- "sister"(?) IE (Anatolian)
*neku:n- "younger relative" Tungus/Manchu

to which I'd add:
nuqa "younger sibling" Greenlandic

Torsten