IE *k^won and its origin

[Adam Hyllested]

Let's bring the following passage again, this time under the right
headline:

On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Miguel Carrasquer Vidal wrote:

> >Before the domestication of the horse, the root "kon-" referred only to the
> >herd or herding dogs.  Once the horse became domesticated, the
> >Slavs/Scythians/generic-IE-nomads,

> Not generic IE, but (Tocharians aside) satem-IE, I'm afraid.
> Iranian span-, spaka- "dog", Baltic Lith. s^uo, Latv. suns "dog"
> [and Russ./Pol. suka "bitch"?].  You can't connect Slavic *konjo-
> with the dog word.  Wrong guttural (though there is Latv. kunja
> "bitch").

> Incidentally, Lith. pekus, OPr. pecku "Vieh", with *k instead of
> *k^ would seem to be another reason to cast doubts on *k^uon <
> *pk^uon > Slav. pIsU.  The more I think about, the more likely I
> find it that Slav. pIsU "dog" is simply "Spot", from *peik^-
> "spotty, motley, tawny" (cf. the dog Kerberos < *k^erbero-
> "striped, motley").

> =======================
> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv at wxs.nl
> Amsterdam

[ Moderator's comment:
  I appreciate the sentiment, but let's not make a habit of this, please.  A
  note referring to the content of another thread should be sufficient.
  --rma ]