--- Piotr Gasiorowski <
gpiotr@...> wrote:
> Those who connect Slavic *pINstI with OE fy:st, OHG
> fu:st usually
> reconstruct the prototype as *pn.kW-sti-, from
> *penkWe (whatever the
> analysis of the suffix).
I'd say *pentkWe.
p(e)n 'five'
p(e)n+t 'all five'
p(e)nt+kWe 'and five' (cont. from counting)
p(e)ntkW+ú+ 'whole, all (five)'
p(e)ntkW+tí+s 'whole hand, fist'
>
Germanic
*pen.kWú+ > *pér.kWu+ > *firxWu+z 'world'
Celtic
*penkWú+s > *kWoNWkWú+z. > cóicer 'five'
Italic
*pn,kWtú+s > *kWn,kWtú+s > *kWoNWkWtu+s
Anatolian
*pn,tkWú+ > *paNkWú+s
>
*p(e)ntkWtí+s > *p(e)nkWttí+s
Slavic
*penkWstí+s > *peNstI+
Baltic
*pn,kWstí+s > *puNWkWsti+ > *kWumpsti+
Germanic
*pn,kWstí+s > *puNWkWsti+z > *funsti+z
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