Reconstruction talk:Proto-Indo-European/h₁néwn̥

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Balto-Slavic[edit]

Do the Baltic and Slavic forms really descend from (h₁)néwn̥? Jcwf 19:27, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but the initial #n was assimilated to #d- by the influence of the following numeral for "ten" which starts with #d-. Hence the *dev- stem onto which in Slavic *-enti > ętь suffix for abstract nouns was appended, and similarly i-stem generating suffix -ni in Baltic. --Ivan Štambuk 02:25, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

*h₁enu- (“lack”)[edit]

How is this derivation explained? As "ten minus/ lacking one" or similar? Wakuran (talk) 11:41, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Probably. That's also the common explanation of the Uralic numerals for eight and nine, which are kahdeksan and yhdeksän in Finnish respectively. —Soap— 14:54, 5 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Here's a better link: Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kakteksa. —Soap— 15:05, 5 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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