[tied] Re: Why borrow 'seven'? (was: IE right & 10)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Âàäèì Ïîíàðÿäîâ" <ponaryad@...>
wrote:

> >>>Does anyone have a word for "Nature" (as
> >> > in "natural order", or a "law of nature", or "what is natural

for

> >> > man") from any language that was not influenced by Greek?

> Turkish <tabiat> (borrowed from Arabic).

Isn't that far too late to be free of Greek (intellectual) influence?

Richard.