IE "Urheimat" and evidence from Uralic linguistics

[JoatSimeon at aol.com]

>mclasutt at brigham.net writes:

>This would be due to avoidance.  Reproductive body parts and elimination
>functions are generally subject to very high degrees of euphemism, >>

-- yup.  The same with objects which are the subject of fear and avoidance --
"wolf" and "bear", for instance.  ("The Outlaw" and "The Brown One",
respectively).