Re[2]: [tied] Re: Convergence in the formatin of IE subgroups

At 3:00:37 PM on Thursday, May 11, 2006, Patrick Ryan wrote:

> From: tgpedersen<mailto:tgpedersen@...>

>>> "*kWVn/r-" (where in Heaven's name does the -*/r come
>>> from???;

>> Finnish koira, Estonian koer.

> If related to PIE at all, these are borrowings or reflexes
> of *ger- (English 'cur').

It's more likely that ME <curre> is of onomatopoeic origin,
from something akin to ON <kurra> 'to murmur, to grumble'.

Brian