Re: leopard with brown spots

J. Klek wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I was
> quite suprised to see also other very offensive words to have PIE
> etymologies. It looks like that kind of words somehow survive
> quite well. They must have been probably always very popular...

My favorite is PIE *ors, 'backside', 'buttocks': arse, ass.

My view is that these words should be rehabilitated. How can terms
with such impeccably ancient etymologies possibly be obscene?