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From: bruck@actcom.co.il (Uri Bruck)
Subject: Re: Numbering system
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Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 21:51:36 GMT
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Corey Alton Reid (peabody@wam.umd.edu) wrote:
: Marco Breiling (marco@siri.unit.no) wrote:
: : In Germanic countries, we have a number system with short words for the numbers
: : up til 12 and compound words for bigger numbers. We also have a special word
: : for 12: 'dozen'/'Dutzend'/'dusin'.

: "Dozen" is Latin in origin, from duo-decim, the progenitor for douze,
:  
: 				 v
: doce, doze, dodici (Romanian "douasprezece" is a Slavic calque).

In Hebrew there is also a special word for Twelve
Twelve (regular ) -  shnaim-asar (masculine )  shteim-esre (feminine)
two 	  	  - shnaim (msculine)		shtaim (fmn)
ten  -  asara (msc)       eser (fmn)

dozen -  trei-sar (older form:trei-asar)
trei - aramaic for two, sar- either aramaic for ten or short for eser-asara
Uri Bruck

