Re: Asian migration to Scandinavia

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Tavi" <oalexandre@...> wrote:

> > Matisoff puts forward two suggestions in his Handbook of
> Tibeto-Burman.

> I see both suggestions as doubious. I must insist that the
> archaeological data makes East Asia as one of the places were dogs were
> first domesticated, so the logical conclusion is the word originated
> there.

As the word is replaced readily enough, sheer age makes this an unnecessary conclusion.

Richard.