Re: Slavic obscene words (Was: Brugmann's Law)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...>
wrote:

>
> Any truth to the notion that the word is from French
> pirogue < Spanish piragua < some Native American word
> --due to its shape?

More likely it's cognate to Lith. purai^ pl. "winter crops",
Gr. PUROS, PUROI "wheat". Proto-Slavic *pyrogU.