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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "loreto bagio" <bagoven20@...>
wrote:

> Actually with regards to the father, the son and the holy ghost I
> can see them as the numbers eight, nine and ten in IE-Semitic. See
> Spanish 'ocho', 'nueve', 'diez' from PIE *okto: *newn *dekm .
> Perhaps the ultimate idea is The old, the new, and the eternal. Or
> as we say it in prayers, (as it was)in the beginning, now and ever
> shall be (world without end).
>
> Arabic tamania, tisa, ashra could be similarly derived if you
> consider Austronesian influence.
>
> In Austronesia, its almost the same, walo, siyam, sampu. Walo
> correspondent to Varuna, the Indic Poseidon. Siyam, which has the
> gloss of Storm/typhoon in austronesian seem to have been the
> Semitic 'old'. Sampu, Sepuluh, puluh, austronesian ten all have

the

> glosses 'head', 'island'.

etc.

Loreto, this strikes me as a pure word-game, and as such has no
place on Cybalist. You were warned about this sort of posting when
you joined Cybalist.

Richard (moderator).