[tied] Re: Convergence in the formatin of IE subgroups

From: tgpedersen
Message: 44533
Date: 2006-05-11

> >"*kWVn/r-" (where in Heaven's name does the -*/r come from???;
>
> Finnish koira, Estonian koer.
>
> ***
> Patrick:
>
> If related to PIE at all, these are borrowings or reflexes of *ger-

Is that Pokorny?

> (English 'cur').

Or cur is non-IE Nordwestblock and cognate with koira etc.


Torsten