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[proto-language]

Dear Hans-Werner and IEists:

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hans-Werner Hatting" <hwhatting at hotmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 1:19 AM

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> One aside - are there any data available for the first recordings of the
> _katto- / gatto- _ - word? As already has been stated by Rick Mc Callister
> at the start of this thread, the words look too much alike to be of PIE
> origin, and I would add that the k/g variation in Greek, as well as between
> individual Romance languages (e.g., It. gatto vs. French chat) also are
> arguments against an inheritance from PIE. My preference is to see the word
> as a loan from a non-IE source, maybe on such a route: (Source language) >
> Greek > Romance, Celtic, Gmc, Slavic etc.

[ moderator snip ]

Some list-members may be interested in the existence of Arabic qit.t.-un,
'cat'.

Pat

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