Old Japanese Numbers (was: Why borrow 'seven'?)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, enlil@... wrote:

>
> Exu:
> > I have seen that. Kind of like organizing English as
> >
> > one
> > two three
> > four five
> > six seven
> > eight n-ine
> > ten
>
> Not at all. Perhaps, considering that you goofed when it came

to "shi",

> you should listen for once. This is common knowledge and the vowel
> harmony that Altaic languages in general are known for is evident

in

> the Old Japanese forms. The vowel alternations are predictable.

None

> of this pattern is random at all. To dismiss this is like

dismissing

> chemistry in favour of alchemy. Look again, Exu.

Could you explain the systematic pattern, please. I can't see one.

Richard.