Res: [tied] Ossetic fox

Interesting --I believe Old Spanish was raposa, rapaz but this, I think is somehow related to words for roots such as rábano ¨radish¨¨, etc. because of the tail. What is the etymology of the words below?

tgpedersen <tgpedersen@... com> wrote:

Ossetic ruvas "fox"
Danish ræv, Sw räv etc "fox"
Proto-Finno- Ugric *repä-c´ "fox"

cf
http://tech. groups.yahoo. com/group/ cybalist/ message/46118
http://tech. groups.yahoo. com/group/ cybalist/ message/44292
http://tech. groups.yahoo. com/group/ cybalist/ message/18689

Torsten

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