Re[2]: [tied] Re: Finnish KASKA

At 9:04:17 PM on Tuesday, February 19, 2008, Rick
McCallister wrote:

> --- "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
> wrote:

>>> The list of words I presented: appi, jousi, kalki, koski
>>> and kusi are not reconstructions but real words in a
>>> real language. They also constitute solid counter
>>> evidence to your 'fallen-out-of-the-sky' umlaut
>>> hypothesis. Where did it come from?

>> I'm afraid you are unaware that Finnish is *not* Uralic

> So, if Finnish is not Uralic, what is it?

I initially read Arnaud's statement the same way you did,
but I *think* that he simply means that Finnish and
(Proto-)Uralic aren't identical, not that Finnish isn't a
member of the family.

Brian