Re: [tied] "Fish" in Slavic

From: Joao S. Lopes
Message: 45461
Date: 2006-07-21

But there are several species of felids in Eurasia, and we don't know if the name *lu(n)k^s- was originally referred to the lynx (Lynx lynx). The original meaning could be wild cat (Felis silvestris), manul (Otocolubus manuel), tiger (Panthera tigris) or even leopard (Panthera pardus).
Compare with meaning shift in Portuguese, where onc,a (<uncia<luncia<lynx) nowadays means "jaguar".

Joao SL

Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> escreveu:
On 2006-07-21 16:36, Joao S. Lopes wrote:

> Perhaps the r-word < Scythian ?

It's a frequently made claim, but the 'lynx' word is unattested in
Iranian. Besides, the Eurasian lynx is an animal of the northern forest
zone and of mountain forests, not of the steppes, and one should think
the Proto-Slavic speakers were far more familiar with it than their
Iranian-speaking neighbours.

Piotr


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