IE, Genetic Data, Languages of Anatolia

[Robert Orr]

Hamp's article in IF 1980 deals with all the questions raised in this e-mail.

At 06:59 PM 3/28/99 GMT, you wrote:
>Robert Orr <roborr at uottawa.ca> wrote:

>>Actually, there is evidnece to suggest that IE *kuon is probably from a
>>zero-grade of *pekuon (*pkuon) > *kuon, and related to *peku - "herd(?)".
>>While semantically-based criticisms of comparing *kuon ("dog" > "wolf".,
>>"wolf > "dog" is almost a commonplace sematic development, although the
>>extinction of the wolf over vast territories makes it a little less likely
>>nowadays) will not do, a comparison between IE *pekuon and Nostratic, etc.
>>forms would be a desideratum.

>>Any references?

>Illich-Svitych's "Opyt" of course contains the entries #238 (vol.
>I) *K.u"jnA "wolf, dog" (PAA *k(j)n/*k(j)l, *k(w)l "dog, wolf",
>PIE *k^wo:n-/*k^un- "dog", PU *ku"jna" "wolf") and #375 (vol.
>III) *p`ok.we "livestock" (PAA *bk.r "cattle, ox", PIE *pek^u-
>"livestock", Alt. *p`oke-r^ "ox, cattle").

>I haven't seen Hamp on *pek^u ~ *k^uon, but the only evidence for
>a connection I can think of is Slavic pIsU "dog" (*pik^-, from
>*pek^-?).  What else is there?

>Any theory about the PIE "dog" word should deal with the
>irregular Latin form canis (*k^an-).  All I can suggest about it
>is that there may be an alternation Lat. a ~ *aw, as is also seen
>in Lat. caput ~ Pre-Gmc. *kawput?

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>Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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