IE "Urheimat" and evidence from Uralic linguistics

[Stefan Georg]

>>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).

"bear" = "brown one" OK

"wolf" = "outlaw", I'd like an explanation

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