Re: Renfrew's theory renamed as Vasco-Caucasian

> > to make sure Tokharian could borrow the word *laks "salmon",
> > and misinterpret this loanword as meaning "fish".
>
> What's so strange about is? Slavic has the otherwise unknown
> innovation *ryba (possibly a colour term, originally) as the
> generic word for 'fish' and almost no trace of *d(H)g^Huh1-. Even
> very basic vocabulary can be replaced with loans and newly coined
> words, like English <animal> or <beast> (both borrowed) for PIE
> *g^Hwer- and Germanic *Deuza- or <bird> (of God knows what origin)
> for PIE *hawi- and Germanic *fuGla-.

Let's assume that bird, pig, dog etc are substrate words in English
(but he would say that, wouldn't he). Do they have any particular
regional origin?


Torsten