Re: [tied] root *pVs- for cat

Brian M. Scott schrieb:

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> At 8:03:19 PM on Saturday, June 30, 2007, alexandru_mg3
> wrote:
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> > 3. Where are Germanic counterparts of English puss?
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> OED: A word common to several Teutonic langs., usually as a
> call-name for the cat (rarely becoming as in Eng. a synonym
> of 'cat'): cf. Du. <poes>, LG. <puus>, <puus-katte>,
> <puus-man>, Sw. dial. <pus>, <katte-pus>, Norw. <puse>,
> <puus>; also, Lith. <puz>, <puiz>, Ir. and Gael. <pus>.
> Etymology unknown: perh. originally merely a call to attract
> a cat.
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> SAOB gives <puss> as the Swedish dialect form, suggesting
> that it's probably onomatopoetic.
>
> Brian

actually the onomatopea with one calls the cats in Romanian
is still "pis". Is is repeated several times "pis pis pis"

Alex