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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
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> For what it's worth:
> Fi. rakasta- "love"
> Est. armasta- id.
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> Torsten
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SSA suggests that Fi/Est armas < Germ. *armaz
Fi. rakas 'dear one' may be < Germ. *frakaz or just as likely Uralic
with cognates in several related languages including Hung. rokon
'relative' and Vogul ro:wi 'be close'.
Peter P