Latin nominatives and animal names (cf. Bossie)

[Charles Doyle]

We do name our lions Leo, not Leon.  (At the moment, that's
the only other stereo- or prototypical animal name I can
think of that resembles the Latin common noun designating
the species.)

--Charlie


>>>>
>It's difficult to derive "Bossie" from _bov-_. Derivation
from a nominative rather than from a stem is very, very
rare, though not unknown or impossible.

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