Re: Not "catching the wind " , or, what ARE we discussing?

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> From: "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
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> >>> I believe PIE inherited or created two words for "dog = biter" :
> >>> *kuH1-on? (mobile stress)
> >>> *kuH1-nto- (final stress)
> >>>
> >>> Arnaud
> >>> ================
> >> Patrick:
> >>
> >> Why in the world would you "think" (you mean 'guess') that 'dog'
> >> derives
> >> from a PIE root meaning 'bite'?
> > ==========
> > Other words for "dog" are "barker", "yeller", "walker".
> > Arnaud
> > ============

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Patrick:

Who says so? You?

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> >> There is no PIE root meaning 'bite' of the form *ku:-!!!!!!!
> > =========
> > You are just so grossly incompetent.
> > Pokorny p. 640-641
> > *k^we:m "to eat, to swallow".
> > AI ca:mati
> > G.c *kwe:m-
> > *ku_H1-m
> > Arnaud
> > =========

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Patrick:

http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/dings.cgi?lang=en&service=deen&opterrors=0&optpro=0&query=schluerfen&iservice=&dlink=self&comment=

Maybe you 'eat' by 'slurping' but I certainly do not!

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> >> And if we were to assume that Proto-Eskimo-Aleut (already suspicious
> >> because it is a reconstruction)
> > =========
> > It's not something you invented
> > so it's trustworthy.
> > Fortescue is well-known on PEA.
> > Arnaud
> > ========
> >> In short, you are ignorant of the most basic procedures of linguistics.
> >> > Get an education, and comeback in 20 years.
> >>
> > =======
> > Why don't you live up to your own advice ?
> > Arnaud
> > ==========


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Patrick:

I already have.

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