From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 27559
Date: 2003-11-25
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From: "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 8:03 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: 'Dog' revisited
> Alright, that's interesting but how does that fair when one connects
> *peku to *pek- "to comb".
Does one have to? The connection between *pek^u- and *pek^(t)- would be more
than a folk etymology if you could show that *pek^u- ever meant specifically
'sheep' to the exclusion of other domesticated animals. As far as I can see,
the term means 'herd, livestock', etc., or 'cattle', and by extension
'movable property, wealth', rather than just 'sheep'. Even horses and dogs
are sometimes included.
Piotr