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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:
>
> At 9:58:55 AM on Thursday, March 27, 2008, Patrick Ryan
> wrote:
>
> > You have some of the most bizarre correspondences!
>
> > PIE *t should be Egyptian <s>??????
>
> > Show me that pair of regular correspondences in any two
> > languages in the world.
>
> OE <etan>, English <eat>, OHG <e33an>, NHG <essen>;
> <læ:tan>, <let>, <la:33an>, <lassen>; <hwæt>, <what>,
> <hwa3>, <was>; etc.
>
> Brian
>
Not bad but word initially it would be an affricate.
But I must say I remember from even basic linguistic courses this
correspondence is rather common on other continents.
I can also give you a good regular one:
Finno-Ugric /s/ Samoyed /t/
Material:
*sålå (UEW sala) 'to steal; (fi.) stealth hidden, secret' || Samoj t-
*sårkå (UEW sarka) 'crotch, branch (fi. > gusset > strip)' || Samoj t-
*suksï (UEW sukse) 'ski' || Samoj- t-
*kåxsï (UEW kuse/kose) 'spruce, fir' || Samoj Selkup qu:t Taigi kat
etc.
Diachroically */s/ is reconstructed for Proto-Uralic.
Jouppe