Re: [cybalist] Re: Hamp and his dog

In the course of this discussion on kuo:n, no body has ever bothered to ask:
what is the characteristic of a dog ? All animals are named after one of
their characters, or sometimes their function. The main characteristic of a
dog is that it is noisy and most names, dialectal or other, refer to this
character. Thus the Greek name should belong to a base of acoustic origin,
in this case k-n, s-n (dog, noisy birds or other animals):

English to sound
English hound a dog trained to pursue game (while barking); to excite a dog,
to harass without respite
English chinting-hound Black-headed Gull
German hund dog
Latvian sunit invectivate
Latvian suns dog
Armenian Sun id.
Sanskrit sun id.
Kafir çuna id.
Latvian ku?a id.
Anc.Greek kyon id.
French: Foug?res cun mauvais chien, FEW 20: 7
French reg. künar chien, FEW 20: 7
French reg. cunaud jeune chien, FEW 22: 8
Anc.Greek kónabos sonorous noise
Russian kon horse
Russian konek Tree Pipit (neighing song)
Polish konik Tree Pipit
Serbo-Croatian konjska sova Tawny Owl
Serbo-Croatian konjarica et var. Tree Pipit
Ukrainian kanjux Tawny Owl
Czech konicek Black-headed Gull
Russian kanyt Turkey
Russian kanjucit to neigh
Serbo-Croatian kanja (Sorabian id.) Green Woodpecker
Serbo-Croatian kanja Curlew
Slavic kanja Black Kite; Buzzard
French cagne chien "femelle"
Romanian câine dog
Romanian câine-tâtâresc Lapwing
Romanian câina to bark
Albanian qen dog
French chien dog
(etc.)

Other animal names:
k-t
English cat a domestic animal (meows); a woman given to malicious gossip;
tackle used in hoisting an anchor
English catboat a boat having one mast (see catamaran, hereunder)
English cat-gull Black-headed Gull
Spanish: Amer. cata, catita (widspread from Mexico to Argentina) parrot
Galician cata interjection: Spanish ojalá
French: Saugues cata Buzzard
French: Gévaudan cato Kestrel
French: Norm. cateau Magpie
French: I.Maurice cateau parrot
French: Calv. catacouâ Hooded Crow
English chat chattering
English chatterpie Magpie
Italian: Piem. ciattar?n et var. Corn Bunting
Romanian chiot loud call
Polish kytaika Brambling
English kitty chat; Black-headed Gull
English kittiwake Kittywake

k-ts (cat, birds that meow)
German katze cat
German reg. katzenadler Buzzard
German reg. tunkatz Whitethroat
German reg. katzawedl Whitethroat
Romanian catâ strident call; backbiter; Guineafowl; chatter of the Magpie
Romanian reg. cîtâ Guineafowl
Romanian câtâi to chirp, to cackle, to chatter
Romanian câtâcarâ Magpie
Romanian ratâ câtârâtoare Goldeneye,

h-rs
English hoarse raucous, harsh
English horse animal that emits a hoarse call
English horse-thrush Mistle Thrush
English: Ireland horse-ouzel Ring Ouzel
English horse-lark Corn Bunting
English: Scotland arse hen, arseen (for hoarse hen) Corncrake
English: Ireland horse-gull Gull
English horse-finch Greenfinch
English: Shetl. horse-sparrow Starling
English: Shetl. hoarse-gowk, horse-gowk Snipe

d-k
Lithuanian dukas Bittern
French reg. ducass Eagle Owl
Sanskrit dyuka owl
Serbo-Croatian doktati to sing (Capercaillie)
Polish dukacz to crow
Gaelic: Ireland diucain to moan
Italian dugo (Catalan id.) Eagle Owl
French reg. dógo Turkey
English dog a domestic animal (barking is one of its main characteristics)

(these are only a few terms from a very long list)
(diacritic marks not shown)