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

I consider Manaster Ramer a friend.

We had some discussions on his article, and a few of you may be interested
in some thoughts of my own on the subject:


http://geocities.com/proto-language/critique-PKNumerals.htm



Patrick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick McCallister" <gabaroo6958@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Finnish KASKA


> Thanx. That's the gist of it. Maybe Arnaud can add
> something interesting.
>
> --- "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:
>
> > At 9:11:32 PM on Tuesday, February 19, 2008, Rick
> > McCallister wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, I seem to remember that years back, someone
> > > commented on 2, 4 and 8 in IE and Caucasian, among
> > > other languages. Something about the dual endings.
> > I
> > > seem to remember Miguel was involved in the
> > > discussion.
> >
> > You may be thinking of Alexis Manaster Ramer's 'Some
> > Borrowed Numerals in Proto-Karvelian'; if I remember
> > correctly, he suggested that PK '4' is a borrowing
> > of PIE
> > '8'. Relevant posts here include
> >
> >
> <http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/34212>
> >
> > and
> >
> >
> <http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/4682>,
> >
> > both by Miguel; the former is in a thread containing
> > several
> > relevant posts.
> >
> > Brian
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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