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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Piotr Gasiorowski"
<piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:
> The compound analysis of the 'dog' word explains in a simple and
natural way its apparently aberrant -- actually archaic -- forms and
accounts for the observed range of variants (*k^won- fares worse in
these respects). The semantics of 'livestocker' --> 'sheepdog' --
'dog' is not particularly problemetic. Any thoughts?
>
> Piotr
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Is there evidence indicating the use of dogs in herding, as
opposed to hunting, or guarding the camp, or just hanging around,
goes back to PIE dates?
Of course, 'pek^wu-' must have had its own prehistory, probably
unreconstructible, and there are many ways dogs and what became
livestock animals could be associated.
Dan