Re: [HM] Early counting (from: Inborn math thinking)

John McCleary (mccleary@vassar.edu)
Wed, 15 Sep 1999 13:33:02 -0500 (EST)

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If I might add an old recollection that I have never substantiated:
My Russian prof in college told us that the anomolous word for 40,
copok derives from shirt, and refers to the number of pelts one might
carry in from hunting bundled up in a shirt.

I'd love to know if this has any foundation.
John

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