Re: Early Indo-European loanwords preserved in Finnish

Nothing.

Patrick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel J. Milton" <dmilt1896@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Early Indo-European loanwords preserved in Finnish


--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:


>
> > Or is 'Indo-Germanic' to be disparaged as ignorant?
>
> English 'Indo-Germanic' is to be disparaged; German
> 'indogermanisch' is unfortunate but far too well established
> to be seriously challenged.
>
> Brian
>
*****
I read somewhere long ago that "Indogermanisch" is not simple
patriotism, but that the succession of vowels in "Indoeuropäisch" is
difficult for the German speaker.
Is there anything to this?
Dan