Re: [tied] CANIS

The Slavic word is in fact s^c^enU < *sken-o-s, or diminutive s^c^ene~ (~ = nasalisation) < *sken-ent.

I'm sceptical of relating canis to *kuon- at all; the similarity looks superficial when balanced against the differences (non-matching vocalism, a different stem type, no trace of a labial or labialised segment in Latin). BTW, I'd expect someting like Nom.sg. *cuo: (disyllabic), Gen. *cunis.

Piotr

----- Original Message -----
From: João Simões Lopes Filho

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Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 1:12 AM

Subject: [tied] CANIS

Latin Canis is surely linked to PIE *kwon, but there's an anomaly; the "correct" form must have been

Nom. *co: Gen. *cunis; or by analogy *co:, *co:nis; or even *co:n-es

But Canis, Canes must have an influence of root *ken- "young" cf. Greek kainos, Sansk. kani:na- Lat re-cen-t-, like

Welsh cenau "puppy" and Slavic s^tene

Joao SL

Rio