Re: a weird question...
From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, September 21, 1999, 22:44 |
wayne chevrier wrote:
> As I understand it, /dog/ is cognate with /dingo/
It's hard to see how, if _dog_ is from _gudaga_, hard to see where the
/n/ came from, unless it was an infix or something?
Speaking of which, the ENGLISH word "dog" is of mysterious origin.
Maybe a psychic connection with Aborigines? ;-)
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