Re: Asian migration to Scandinavia

From: Richard Wordingham
Message: 68721
Date: 2012-03-02

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

> > The word _dog_ did not originate in the domesticators' language.
> >
> What has English dog to do with the Sinitic word for 'dog'? NOTHING

Simply that the current Chinese word may have replaced another one. Words do get replaced, and dogs distinct from wolves have been around for a long time.

Richard.