Re: [tied] root *pVs- for cat

> > Is the meaning "face", as in "sourpuss", somehow from
> > the animal or is a homonym?
>
> According to the OED, it's from Irish <pus> 'lip, mouth',
> generally used in a contemptuous sense. (The derivation is
> supported by the distribution, chiefly Irish and U.S.)

That argument can¨'t rule out a pre-Celtic NWBlock language.


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