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minus-squareStrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoSo gray is dog colored to the Romans. I suppose the Romans had a lot of gray dogs.
minus-squarefxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoThe romans did like their wardogs! The word canus comes from *ḱeh₂s- (bright grey, which is also where we get the word for hare). Canis is from *ḱwṓ or *ḱun- (dog). So they’re false cognates
minus-squareStrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-24 months agoInteresting. Thank you for edifying me.
So gray is dog colored to the Romans. I suppose the Romans had a lot of gray dogs.
The romans did like their wardogs! The word canus comes from *ḱeh₂s- (bright grey, which is also where we get the word for hare). Canis is from *ḱwṓ or *ḱun- (dog). So they’re false cognates
Interesting. Thank you for edifying me.