Re: IE right & 10

It seems to me,

> however, that the length of the lunar quarter is likely to have

been the

> original magical seven, even if it's actually 7.38465 days. People

have

> certainly been interested in the lunar cycle since time

immemorial, and

> even the most widespread IE term for the moon, *méh1-not-/-n(e)s-
> testifies to the IEs' familiarity with some sort of lunar calendar.
>

Related to *meh1- "measure". One doesn't get hints better than that.

http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE302.html

Møller has it too, etc:

http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/md.html


Torsten