Re: Finnish KASKA

Just to point out that the sign is a 'zero' in the third line, not a
vowel. Alteration is normally between -i and -e, but in some forms
like 'mettä' (should be decomposed met-tä) the vowel is dropped.

Jouppe

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "jouppe" <jouppe@...> wrote:
>
> It is not really a suffixation with -i but an ancient Pre-Finnic
> primary stem. The indicative evidence being that it alters with -e
> and -0 in Finnish: kaski, kasken, kaskea etc. like mesi, meden,
> mettä 'honey' (borrowing from cognate of engl. mead sw. mjöd).
>
> This stem ceased to be productive in loan words sometimes during
the
> iron age, rather earlier than later.
>
> Medieval loan words uses a young i-stem, which would not alter
with -
> e but retaining -i throughout the paradigm like in old Swedish loan
> words: tauti, taudin, tautia 'decease' ~ sw död eng. death.
>
> So the answer to your question is: no.
>
> Jouppe
>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "squilluncus" <grvs@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "jouppe" <jouppe@> wrote:
> > > And 'kaski' was of course not PU, it was borrowed in the west
> later.
> > >
> > > Jouppe
> > >
> > > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud"
> >
> > Could this suffixation with -i still be effective when demand for
> pot
> > ash fish preservation started (castles garrisons townships)
during
> the
> > middle ages?
> >
> > Lars
> >
>