From: Izzy_Cohen@...
Message: 5167
Date: 2000-12-26
--- In cybalist@egroups.com, "Danny Wier" <dawier@...> wrote:
...there's that English word "dog", and I know of no IE cognates;
most
of the words for "dog" I've seen are from *k^won (that is, the
"hound-Canis" words).
Yup. dog < OE docga ... like frog < OE frocga.
Compare: [English] dog - dig - ditch
[Latin] canine - channel - canal
[pre-Heb] *Ta3 - *Ta3a:L - Ta3aLa = canal (where 3 = aiyin)
The aiyin used to have a G/K velar sound, as in 3aZa = Gaza.
ciao / chow :-)
Israel Cohen
izzy_cohen@...