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1. Word Family - Cow

   June theme: Domestic Animals 🐕

   Introduction

   Proto-Indo-European has *gʷṓws: "cow, cattle" and possible *woḱéh₂: "(female) cow".

   And some other likely descendants of (the same?) Central Asian substrate words for "cattle": Sino-Tibetan *ŋwa: "cattle, ox", West Semitic *baḳar-: "cattle, ox"

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   cow, butter, botany, beef, vaccine

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2. Word Family - Canine

   June theme: Domestic Animals 🐕

   Introduction

   I get a little speculative here, if not downright provocative. There are words for dog all over Eurasia that recall each other. These could be onomatopoeic, but they do not much resemble the common forms you find in words that actually used as dog sound …

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