[SPAM] [tied] Re: Ramsons [was: Felice Vinci's "Homer in the Baltic"

From: Peter P
Message: 64230
Date: 2009-06-22

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
>
> --- 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
>

Formations of the form -ntV are possible in Finnish.

Asua - to live
Asunto - place of living/home

Vihanta - thing of greening/yellowing/darkening, is not a very common word. An everyday related word is vihannes - vegetable/edible green. Some other related words are...

vihreä - green
vihata - to dislike/hate
viholainen - enemy
vihainen - angry
viha - dislike/hate

Karalian viha - poison/snake venom
Estonian viha - snake venom
Vepse viha - venom or its resulting pain

Peter P