| From: | Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, March 25, 1999, 15:49 |
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:51:25 +0100
From: Irina Rempt <ira@...>
I think the Dutch _welp_
"(wolf) cub" may be from the same root as "wolf".
There used to be an initial h- in this word (Danish "hvalp", English
"whelp" are cognate). My etym. dict. says something about a related
dialect word that means "to yelp".
Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)