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Finnish-Hungarian correspondences (was: Re: Om spr}kenas uppkomst)

#1950
From: Andries Brouwer
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 20:57
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alderson@cisco.com (Rich Alderson) writes
[following up on my post giving the correspondences below]:

::I hardly know anything about Finnish-Ugrian comparative linguistics, but
::let us see:
::
::What about Hu. v'er / Fi. veri (blood)?
::
::Hu. sz'az / Fi. sata (hundred)  [borrowed? cf. satem]
::Hu. h'az / Fi. kota (house)  [borrowed? cf. Haus]
::
::Hu. h'arom / Fi. kolme (three)
::Hu. hat / Fi. kuusi (six)
::Hu. hal / Fi. kala (fish) and Hu. h'al'o / Fi. kalin (net)
::Hu. (meg)hal / Fi. kuole- (to die)
::
::Hu. k'ez / Fi. k:asi (hand)
::Hu. k"o / Fi. kivi (stone)
::
::So, one might guess a correspondence h-k before a,o,u; k-k elsewhere.
::
::Hu. v'iz / Fi. vesi (water)
::
::Hu. tud / Fi. tunte- (to know)
::Hu. l'ud / Fi. lintu (goose)
::Hu. ad / Fi. anta- (to give)
::
::It seems to me that it would be very difficult to explain such correspondences
::away as coincidences.

:If those were the only correspondences, positing a relationship would be highly
:questionable.  However, there are a large number of good correspondences,
:outlined for example in the works of Bjorn Collinder, which demonstrate the
:relationship conclusively.

Yes, so we all agree that Finnish and Hungarian are related.
But now that I found the above correspondences, I am curious:
can anyone who knows this stuff or has access to the works of
Bjorn Collinder or Finnish/Estonian/Hungarian etymological dictionaries
confirm or reject the above correspondences?
I am especially interested in the status of Fi. sata and Hu. h'az.
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Subject: Finnish-Hungarian correspondences (was: Re: Om spr}kenas uppkomst)
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