Klarinet Archive - Posting 000255.txt from 2005/09

From: Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] Pinky again
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 08:11:56 -0400

On 21 Sep, "Bill Daniluk" <bdaniluk@-----.net> wrote, in part:

> five: O.E. fif, from P.Gmc. *fimfe (cf. O.S. fif, O.N. fimm, O.H.G. funf,
> Goth. fimf), from PIE *pengke (cf. Skt. panca, Gk. pente, L. quinque,
> O.C.S. peti, Lith. penke, O.Welsh pimp).

Thanks very much for this, Bill. I see that very nice webpage about Grimm's
Law and the Proto-Indo-European language (PIE) is at:

http://colfa.utsa.edu/drinka/pie/grimm.htm

...with the bit about numbers at:

http://colfa.utsa.edu/drinka/pie/rel_counting.htm

Tony
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