Re: a weird question...
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, September 22, 1999, 0:26 |
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Nik Taylor wrote:
> wayne chevrier wrote:
> > As I understand it, /dog/ is cognate with /dingo/
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> 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? ;-)
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. )
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