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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Ryan" <proto-language@...>
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> >"*kWVn/r-" (where in Heaven's name does the -*/r come from???;
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> Finnish koira, Estonian koer.
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> Patrick:
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> If related to PIE at all, these are borrowings or reflexes of

*ger- (English 'cur').

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Generally 'koira' & 'koer' are thought to originate from Uralic *koj -
male

Peter P