From: Richard Wordingham
Message: 68687
Date: 2012-03-01
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham"Once everyone is familiar with dogs, a word for 'dog' can spread without regard to their point of origin.
> <richard.wordingham@> wrote:
>>> 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.
> I don't understand a comma of what you said.