Re: gast

> > What kind of scenario would permit both
> > xx substrate -> Finn kansa, Gmc. *xanso: / Saami guos'si -> Gmc.
>> *gasti- > > etc?
> > Torsten
> >
>
> Then one would also like to explain Permian cognates...
> Zyrian 'goz' and Votyak 'kuz'.
> > I don't think that it is certain that Fin. 'kansa' < *hansa:,
> although > it is a likely possibility.
>
> We should also look at Fin. 'kanssa' - with < kansa, which falls
> more in line with the Permian meanings of - pair.
>
> Peter P
>

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This word can be a derivative of PU *kom "man"
hence *kom-so.
There is no need for a substrate.
and this is another LW of Germanic taken from Uralic.
Cf. handiz < *kom-ti

And once again, the question is
Where did Germanic get that early loanword ?

Arnaud

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