Re: [tied] Re: IE right & 10

From: Harald Hammarström
Message: 34136
Date: 2004-09-13

> >As far as I can find out, Hungarian húsz, 20 comes from kúsz 'man
> >crawling on hands & toes'(20 digits) <*kuj, man.
>
> Sammallahti gives PFU (Permic-Ugric, anyways) *kuus'i "20"
> (Permic kyz', Mansi *kus, Xanty *kåås, Hung. húsz).

So does Honti.

/H

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