Re: [tied] PUralic for deer, boar, wolf or bear

From: Miguel Carrasquer
Message: 17577
Date: 2003-01-14

On Sat, 4 Jan 2003 16:07:13 -0200, João Simões Lopes Filho
<jodan99@...> wrote:

>Is there any Proto-Uralic (or Proto-Finno-Ugric, or Proto-Finnic) word for "deer", "bear", "wolf" or "boar" ?

Not in Sammallahti's list in "The Uralic Languages" (Sinor ed.).
Only 3 animal names are given there for PU: *cons'I "lizard", *kAlA
"fish", and *n'omA "hare". Some 15 animal names are given for PFU,
and another dozen or so for PFP (Finn.-Perm.)
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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