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

At 3:43:18 AM on Tuesday, May 16, 2006, tgpedersen wrote:

>> I hope Piotr will correct me if my premise is wrong, but
>> wasn't "hound" attested much earlier, and much more
>> frequently in Old English? If so, the two situations are
>> not comparable.

> But if there had been no records of Old English, and
> that's not an unthinkable situation, Trask's method would
> have forced us to disregard 'hound'.

No, it wouldn't: Goth. <hunds>, OSax. <hund>, OHG <hunt>, ON
<hundr>. There's nothing remotely comparable for <dog>.

Brian