Re: floor

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

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> And then there is Spanish and Portuguese cachorro (and possible regional forms) which appear to be based on metathesis of txakur.
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Apparently, cachorro is derived from an expressive variant *cattullu- of Latin catulus 'puppy'. But of course the intermediate language wasn't Romance.

> There is also Spanish sabueso "bloodhound", which somehow looks un-Romance
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Don't forget also Portuguese sabujo. This is a Celtic word *sag-u:sio- reshaped in Medieval Latin as segu:siu-, from the root *sag-(jo-) 'to seek' (PIE *seh2g-). This dog breed was created and used by Cantabrians.