Re: 'Dog' revisited

From: Anthony Appleyard
Message: 27570
Date: 2003-11-25

--- "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
> But what's to become of Ruhlen's other "dog" words if you orphan
> them? Have you even considered that? Tsk, tsk. ;-)

If the same word for "dog" occurs in different families, e.g.
PIE "kuwon" / Ancient Chinese "kjwan" :: I read that recent genetic
research showed that all modern domestic dogs are descended from
three original wild wolves. If so, if the domestic dog arose in one
place and spread, perhaps the word spread along with the animal. What
do archaeologists say about the origin of the domestic dog?