Re: Finnish KASKA

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
wrote:

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> ***
> By *H3ei- he means the *oi of *oi-no-s.

Correct. Of course *Hoi could also be correct.

> 180° from the right answer; the oerative word for 'one' is -n(o)-; the
> *H3ei- is merely deictic.

I think not. There are three forms attested in various IE languages
and they go back to:
*Hoikos
*Hoinos
*Hoiwos

*k, *n, and *w must be root determinatives.