Re: rufius = Lynx ?

De: Arnaud Fournet <fournet.arnaud@...>
Objet: Re: [tied] Re: rufius = Lynx ?
À: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Date: Mercredi 24 Septembre 2008, 9h46

You can add

Erzia Mordvin rivez "fox"

It's usually considered an Indo-Iranian loanword
but the vowels are better explained by Germanic forms.

And those Germanic-looking LW are in nominative :
rivez "fox", kardaz "shack",

Arnaud

----- Original Message -----
From: patrick cuadrado
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Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 9:59 PM
Subject: Re : [tied] Re: rufius = Lynx ?

Rufiius = Lynx = Fox ?

Danish Raev
Suedish Räv
Féroé Revur
Islandic Refur
Norse Rev

Estonian Reban

Spanish/portugese Raposa
Asturian Raposu
Aragonese/Catalan Raboso/Rabosa
Andalou Rapipocha
Galician Raposo
Sardian Zreppiu
http://ast.wikipedi a.org/wiki/ Raposu

Ossètic Ruvas/Robas
Iranian Raupaca (Chacal)
Middle Perse Rwp'h
Perse R-ob-ah
Parthian Rwb's
Kurde Râvf/Rovî

May be from IE Rep- = to catch to snatch
http://www.etymonli ne.com/index. php?term= rapid
french : Rapace/Rapine

outside IE
et en dehors de l'IE = renard
Samii (Suéde) Rieban
Khotanese (China) rrûvasa
Baloutche Ropask
Finno-Ougrien Repä-c
Indonésian Rubah