Talk:Proto-Indo-European numerals

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The PIE numerals for six and seven look like Semitic loans, in view of similarities. --Paul from Michigan 21:14, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

90 in Russian is listed as "devjatnadsat". I'm not qualified to suggest a change but I can make the comment that I learned 90 as "devjatnasto", if I might attempt to use this phoenetic representation. Digitalsushi 23:53, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Listed Russian forms are not 20-90 but 12-19. And of course, 90 is not "devjatnadsat" but "devjanosto". I will fix it, and remove 40 (Russian "sorok"), because it has different etymology. A.M.D.F.

Can we not add German zweite to the list on Ordinal numbers? Under Grimm's Law the initial d should become t and then by the High German consonant shift the t should become z thus zweite should be cognate with dwo-teró-? This goes for dritte and the next one as Grimm's Law and High German shift would once again lead you close to the actually word. Thoughts? Deman7001 01:16, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

German zweite is a relatively recent coinage; the Proto-Germanic word for "second" is the ancestor of German andere/English other. —Angr 16:09, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nine and new?...

Is the PIE word for 9 the same as the word for "new?" They seem to be similar words in many IE languages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.109.210.129 (talk) 09:57, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Not really, PIE cardinal 9 is *(h₁)néwn̥, while adjective for new is *néwos (*néwios). --Ivan Štambuk (talk) 19:29, 14 April 2008 (UTC)