[tied] Re: PIE i- and u-stems again

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer Vidal <miguelc@...>
wrote:

>
> On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 02:07:22 -0000, "tgpedersen"
> <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
>
> >PIE *tris "twice",
> >PIE *dWis "thrice"
>
> Oh, the glosses are reversed:
>
> PIE *tris "3x",
> PIE *dWis "2x"

Much relief! I've been telling all my friends that 'erku' means
"three" in Armenian. Imagine if it had meant two!


Torsten