Re: Finnish KASKA

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From: Rick McCallister
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 3:11 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Finnish KASKA


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.
All I remember more or less concretely is that in some
Caucasian language, the word for 4 is similar to IE 8.
But there were other issues as well. If someone can
track down the post --about 10 years ago or so or if
someone remembers it, it maybe Arnaud can find
something interesting here.
Also keep in mind that Japanese (Old J) singular and
duplicate forms of numbers and some have analyzed
Japanese 9 as 3-3-3. So maybe you're on to something.

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I have once wondered if
PIE kwetwôr "four"
could not be analysed as
kwe + dwô
"and two more".

But t / d is a stumbling block.

Arnaud