>But ON also has masculine <ulfr> (later <úlfr>) alongside
>feminine <ylgr>. It's much easier to see the /f/ of <ulfr>
>as a relatively recent shift in Gmc. than to see <ulfr> and
><ylgr> deriving from distinct forms in different dialects of
>PIE.
>
>Brian
(1) BTW, are there in PIE morphemes for "puppy"?
In (modern) German, _Welpe_ (or Welp) coexists with
_Welf_ (less used). (Welpe for: Hund, Wolf, Fuchs,
Schakal, Kojote)
Welf: also the name of a Frankish-German noble lineage
(perhaps Odoaker/Odowakar, in the 5th c. was an an-
cestor), a German royal dynasty, die Welfen, in English
a.k.a. 'house of Guelph')
(2) Does Lat. _vulpes_ (older _volpes_) belong to the
same etym. group?
(3) Does Hungarian _róka_ ['ro:-kO] "fox" also belong
to the (w)LK- (canidae) group? (If so, interesting case
of rhotacism.)
thnx
George