*gwh in Gmc.

[Miguel Carrasquer Vidal]

On Wed, 7 Feb 2001 00:03:54 -0500, "Steve Gustafson"
<stevegus at aye.net> wrote:

>Miguel Carrasquer Vidal wrote:

>>> In P-Italic you have p_p_('pompe'). On the other hand, not all Germanic has
>>> f_f_: Swedish 'femt', mirroring Greek 'pente' (NGr. 'pende'), where t <
>>> *kw.  As a non-specialist, I'm really confused. Help!

>> <fimt> is from *<penkwtis>, cf. Slavic *<pe~tI> (> Russ. <pjat'>).

>The unmarked modern Swedish word for -five- is -fem-.  -Femt- is the neuter;
>and rather than seeking an ancient explanation for the -t, it is likelier
>that it is the -t suffix that attaches to most neuter adjectives.  The ON
>was -fimm-, indeclinable.

I was assuming Swe. <femt> was derived from ON <fimt> f. "Anzahl von
fuenf".

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv at wxs.nl