Re: [tied] Pigs

tgpedersen wrote:

> Since some relate *bhag- "distibute; eat" to *bhag- "beech; oak",
> asumming the latter to have been named from its role as pig feed, I
> was wondering if English 'pig' might belong here too. How is your
> monograph on pigs coming along, Piotr?

It was an article on the word "dog". Finished long ago but still in
limbo, at the publishers' mercy. When I hear from them, I'll post the
details. As for "pig" (OE *picga, attested indirectly), I wouldn't know
how to connect it with *bHag-.

Piotr