Re: s->h
- From: lorad474@xxxxxx
- Date: 19 Feb 2007 19:31:28 -0800
On Feb 14, 9:10 am, phogl...@xxxxxx wrote:
On 14 helmi, 14:37, "Dušan Vukotić" <dusan.vuko...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
To be a little less nasty: chance resemblances between languages are
quite common - the classical example being the word "fiu", which means
(if I remember correctly) "son" in both Romanian and Hungarian, but
happens to be an independent development in both languages - the
Hungarian word is a regular development of the Finno-Ugric word found
in Finnish as "poika" (boy, son), the Romanian noun a development of
the Latin "filius" (son).
I would have to disagree with the premise that 'poika' is of Finno-
Ugric (FU) derivation.
Yes, it exists in FU, but I propose an IE origin.
Baltic Latvian has 'puika' as 'boy' and Baltic Culture arrival in
Finland ca 2500 BC predates the development of FU.
I have also found an equivalent in an Indo-Iranian language.
Finally it suggests some relation to Latin 'puer'
.
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