tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post2170514204748358277..comments2023-09-24T05:45:23.811-05:00Comments on Paleoglot: Aegean coleslaw, anyone?Glen Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-70233401609510252192013-01-01T15:13:44.343-06:002013-01-01T15:13:44.343-06:00The word for "seven" is semph in Etrusca...The word for "seven" is <b>semph</b> in Etruscan, a transparent loanword from the Egyptian numeral usually reconstructed as <b>*sáfḫaw</b>. So I reconstruct an original Aegean root <b>*sapʰa</b>. Since Cyprian Syncope deletes the final vowel we would be left with <b>*sapʰ</b> if not for a shift towards preaspiration of word-final stops, thus <b>*[saʰp]</b>. From there, it's a Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-90438413924574087492012-12-31T16:59:53.733-06:002012-12-31T16:59:53.733-06:00I'm confused by the appearance of the nasal in...I'm confused by the appearance of the nasal in Minoan. If it wasn't present in Aegean, where might it have come from?<br /><br />Also, while I suspect the similarity is merely by chance, the Lithuanian form immediately called to mind the obsolete Lithuanian "šermuo" (ermine) and its cognates (e.g. OHG "harmo", OE "hearm", Romansch "carmun"). These Casey Goransonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515485425230479050noreply@blogger.com