The Scottish Celtic review

Comparative Oram.mar— the Gaelic Niimerah. 227Cdiff or cilig = *0\d Gael. c6ic-=*coci = *cmici (n being droppedby rule before the tenuis c) = *qvinque or *qvenque (cf. Scott. Celt.Rev., p. 90), which agrees with Lat. quinque (five) and Gr. Trevre,Trifx-ire (five). The Indo-Eiirop. primitive form was probably*qvanqvan (cf Fei'rar's Coinp. Gramm., p. 308), to which may bereferred Skr. paJika from pahlcan), Zend pancan, Lith. penhl, Slav.peti = *pinti, Goih. finf, Ice. fimm, O.H.G. fimf, Jinf, N.H.G. funf,A.S. fif, Eng. five. Schleicher gives JcanJcan as the primitiveform, while Fick gives p'ankan ; but qvanqvan seems necessaryto account for aU the derivatives. None of the European languageshas preserved the original nasal auslaut.The Old Brit, forms are :—Welsh pimp, now pump, Corn.pymp, and Arm. pemp.6. Se (six), now frequentl}' i^in.)Si^=01d Gael. 8es=*sec8 — *svecs agreeing with Lat. ^e.c (=*svecs) and Gr. e^ ( = (re^= crFe^). The Indo-Europ. base is eithersvaks or Jcsvalcs (cf. Ferrar's Comp. Gramm. p. 308), whenceSkr. shash (six), Zend khsvas (six), Lith. szeszl (six), Slav.sesti, Goth, saihs, Ice. sex, Germ, seeks, A.S. and Eng. six.For s = cscf deas (right, right hand) = Old Gael, des or dess = *decs = dex-,in Lat. dexter, and eas- = es- = Lat. ex.The Brit, forms are:—Welsh chivecli, Corn. cMve, Arm. huech,now c'houec'h.7. Seachd (seven).Seachd = Old Gael, secht-n = *sechtan or *sectan, which agreeswith Gr. kirra = (TeTTTav (cht or ci originating from pi as in necht= Lat. nept-is and crtc/ii = Lat. capta), Lat. septem (with « of thefinal syllable weakened to e). Cf Curtius' Gr. Etym., p. 54.These forms must be referred to a primitive saj^tan = Skr. saptan(seven), Zend haptan, Lith. septynl, Ch.-Slav. sedm% (seven), Goth.sihun (seven), O.H.G. sihun, N.H.G. sieben, A.S. seofon, Eng.seven. The last syllable an is lost in Gaelic ; but the nasal isretained in Old Gaelic before words beginning with a medial, towhich words it is affixed, as in secht ndaim (seven oxen), andsecht mhliadna (seven years). The primitive nasal auslaut explainsthe occurrence of eclipsis after seachd in modern Irish.The Welsh is saith = 0\(\ W. seith = secht or sect = *sechtan or*sectan (cf Rhys' Lectures, p. C7).8. Ochd (eight).Ochd = Old Gael, ochf or ocht-n = *octan, of which oct- is identi-