Reconstruction talk:Proto-Uralic/nime
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Similar words meaning "name": Japanese "namae" — This unsigned comment was added by 85.76.35.87 (talk).
- Not really "similar" because of the different vowels, and if you just glanced at the etymology of 名前 (なまえ, namae), you'd realize it's a complete coincidence. — surjection ⟨?⟩ 06:59, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
- Yeah I figured so. Afterall, the mode of pronunciation for "namae" is iambic, as opposed to most (all?) indo-european and my native finnish. (I understand virtually nothing about Japanese vowel harmony although, incidentally, I studied Japanese with a private teacher, once a week for 7 years, and then a summer course at Helsinki university.)
- People keep reinventing the seeming "Nostratic-ness" of namae though, I bet I could find three sources claiming this exact comparison if I tried (but then maybe I don't care that much). --Tropylium (talk) 00:01, 14 September 2019 (UTC)