From: Peter P
Message: 64230
Date: 2009-06-22
>Formations of the form -ntV are possible in Finnish.
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@> wrote:
> >
> > On 2009-06-08 12:38, tgpedersen wrote:
> >
> > > 'Stinker' is not prosaic enough for you? ;-)
> > > But how would an epithet of grazing set it apart from other grazing
> > > animals?
> >
> > *wes- often implies eating one's full (as in Goth. wisan 'live
> > sumptuosly, make merry' or Lat. ve:scor) -- so not just _any_ grazer
> > but the Big Grazer (40-60 kg a day).
>
> The UEW has, under
> wis^a 'Gift' ~-> 'grün, gelb' FP
> these two:
> Finn. viha 'Haß, Zorn, Verdruß, Ärger, Wut, Grimm'
> and
> vihanta 'grün, blühend'.
>
> Is -nta a native suffix in Finnish? If yes, does it occur generally or just with a group of words?
>
>
> Torsten
>