Thread:User talk:CodeCat/Reverted etymologies/reply (10)

-tt- was probably added there to conform with the Proto-Finnish verb-forming system. And as to g, I was able to find an online copy of the first source where Heikkilä says this:

''...tuolloin germaanisen /g/:n ja /g_/:n ainoa äännevastine kantasuomessa oli /k/. Hyviä esimerkkisanoja ovat suomen väkä (< vkgerm. *wǣg_ā vipu ) ja laittaa (< ksm. *laγittatak < kgerm. *lagjana asettaa ).''

Rough translaton:

''...at that time the only equivalent to the Germanic /g/ and /g_/ in Proto-Finnish was /k/. Some good examples are väkä (< pgerm. *wǣg_ā) and laittaa (< pfin. *laγittatak < pgerm. *lagjana)''

Even if it is not immediately obvious that two words are related, are we not to trust sources that have actually researched it and say they are related?

If I continue to add etymologies from Algu, will you revert them also?