From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 62162
Date: 2008-12-19
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From: "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 4:22 PM
Subject: [tied] Reindeer: another ideer
>
> What about *xraina- < *kWrói[h2]-no- 'something valuable' from the root
> *kWreih2- 'buy' (converse of 'livestock' --> 'wealth', as in <feoh> or
> <pecu:nia>)? It could be compared to OLith. krieno (gen.), Latv. kriens
> 'price for a bride' (which, incidentally, was often paid in cattle, and
> among the old Finns and Saami in reindeer). >
> Piotr
>
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Do you have any information or reference of "that price for a bride" ?
This also exists with Tatar and Other Finno-Ougric people.
I'd like to compare !
A.