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From: scc@reston.icl.com (Stephen Carlson)
Subject: Re: Languages in the EC
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Date: Wed, 8 Feb 1995 19:35:08 GMT
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In article <3gsl5g$8m@mordred.cc.jyu.fi> Jorma Kyppo <jorma@jytko.jyu.fi> writes:
>English: mother sun     three telephone Sweden   Russia   Germany
>Finnish: a"iti  aurinko kolme puhelin   Ruotsi   Vena"ja" Saksa
>Estonian:ema    pa"ike  kolm  telefon   Rootsi   Venemaa  Saksa
>          ^       ^
> (in Finnish ema = dam & pa"iva" = day)

Finn. A"ITI is cognate to Est. EIT, which means a old woman, hag, or
crone, now mainly used in fairy tales.  I think the Est. EMA is from
the original Balto-Finnic lexeme.

Finn. PA"IVA", day, is cognate to Est. PA"EV, also meaning day.

Stephen Carlson
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