Re: a weird question...

"Thomas R. Wier" wrote:
> Nah.  The word has been attested for centuries.  I remember
> reading a text somewhere -- the place escapes me -- about
> all the little "dogges and cattes".  (Chaucer, maybe? Dunno...
> it's shows up later than that, though, I think. )
Right, but it's not known where it came from, it just appeared out of
nowhere, edging out the earlier "hound".

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