Re[3]: [tied] Re: Finnish KASKA

At 6:50:47 AM on Friday, February 22, 2008, fournet.arnaud
wrote:

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> What is the standard explanation of Irish daw ?

I presume that you mean OIr <dáu, dó> '2' (masculine).
Matasovic gives OW <dou> and OBret. <dou, dau> and
reconstructs PCelt. *dwa:w < PIE *d(u)weh3.

Brian