Re: West bird

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

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>
> Pulleyblank:
> Chinese quan EMC khwen', Tib. khyi, Burm. khwe "dog". Benedict
> reconstructs TB *kwij or *kw&j and explains the final *-n of the
> Chenese form as a 'collective' [also, 'individuating'] suffix.
> EMC kwen' "watering channels"
> Now, is does that -kw- of the last word come from some Tibeto-Burman
> labiovelar? I think yes. It's not that different, and a loan is
> possible.
>
>
> Torsten
>

Here's an interesting coincidence, Finnish koira, dog < Uralic *kuj, male.

Also Finnish susi, wolf < *kwon- (through Baltic after many sound
changes).

Peter P