Re: [tied] root *pVs- for cat

English puss certainly didn't come from Gaelic
I've read, probably erroneous, etymologies that link
it to purse
which is from the same unknown root as French bourse,
Spanish bolsa
but unless puss is analogous to cuss < curse, I doubt
it

--- alexandru_mg3 <alexandru_mg3@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister
> <gabaroo6958@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Gaelic piseag can not be from Celtic because it
> has a
> > /p-/. It also has a dimunitive ending -ag.
>
>
> -ic~a of Romanian pisic~a is a diminutive too
>
> see : mam~a -> m~am-ic~a
>
> Macbain's
> > book is based on a specific dialect, not Gaelic as
> a
> > whole or even standard Gaelic. I've seen other
> forms
> > of the word such as pus, puis. It IS from English,
> > given that the normal Gaelic word is cat, which is
> > from Latin. If you don't believe me, ask Kim Mc
> Cone
> > or another specialist in Gaelic and Celtic
> languagues.
> >
>
> 1. If Gaelic piseag IS from English (with bold :),
> not with
> arguments) ... from where is English puss?
>
> 2. Why English puss has an Unknown Etymology
> (Webster)?
>
> 3. Where are Germanic counterparts of English puss?
>
> Marius
>
>
>
>
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