There's a lot of IE words for caprines and similar animals (ovines, cervids,
antelopes). Could we be sure that all of these mean goat, or can be some of
them originally applied to wild species of cervids and bovids.
*k-ag^- [goat, buck]
VSl koza [goat] OE ho:ken <CGer ho:ki:na- [kid] Lit oz^ys [buck],oska [goat]
OPrus wosee [goat] OSl azino [goatskin] Alb di:?<adi-? San ajah,aja:
*k-apro- [buck]
Lat caper,capra VGal caer- =VIrl caera<*caherac- ON hafr Grk kapros[boar]
VSl skotu (<skop-to, cattle) CGer skaepam<skaeppam[<ske:p-nom,ovine]
?*s-ke:p/ko:p/kap VSl skopi
*kat- [?]
Lat catulus [dog, puppy] ON hathna [goat?]
*ghaidos [goat]
Lat haedus [kid] CGer gaitaz[goat]
*bhu:g^- [buck]
OIrl bocc=OWel bucc< bwch Arm buc [ram] CGer bukkaz,-an [buck] Av bu:za San
bukka [<bhuj-ka?]
*dig-
Grk diza [goat] Ger tigo:,tikkina [goat] Alb di ? Arm tik
*aig^- [goat]
Grk aix Arm ayc Av iz-aena
*yorks
Grk zorx,dorx [kid,gazelle] Corn yorch [kid] Wel caer-iwrch [kid]
*kWtr-
Grk tragos [* kwtrngos, buck] ON hvedhurr [*hwedhuraz< *kwet@..., ram]
Palearctic species of deer-like and goat-like ruminants:
reindeer
elk/moose
deer
roe
saiga
ibex
wild goat
wild sheep (argali, mufflon)
chamois
Joao SL
Rio