The Proto-Indo-European word for "dog"

Comparative linguistics lets us reconstruct the word for "dog" in the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) language:

/*ḍčæṕ@Ẍøя̃wos/

From that prototypical lexeme, the words for "dog" in all Indo-European languages can be derived by systematic sound shifts:

c kur os c u o d a kur ca ch or o p er o c a ne i nu ch en d un d ok p ak cap aka skylos šuo txakur

Last edited on 2019-05-13 10:50:22 by stolfi