Re: Neska

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>
> Stumbled upon this:
>
> from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehalennia
> "
> In phonetic comparisons with other names in the region, Jacob

Grimm

> discussed how "Neha-" is also used as suffix for plural females
> (i.e., -nehis, -nehabus), possibly meaning something like "nymphs"
> or "mothers".[7]
> "
> (cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordwestblock)
>
> Basque neska "girl"
> (Aquitanian too? I don't have "The History of Basque" here)

Apparently yes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquitanian_language


Torsten