Re: Animal names?

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From: Jorma Kyppo
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 00:00

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voorhis@stan.brandonu.ca wrote:

>    According to Carl Darling Buck in "A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in
>    the Principle Indo-European Languages", p. 189, the general Slavic word
>    'slon' for elephant comes from the Old Slavic verb 'sloniti' meaning 'to
>    lean'.  'Slon' is therefore a leaner.  The name is based on an old
>    belief that elephants sleep leaning against a tree.

Interesting, thank you.
Can there found also such Slovak names like "los" (moose) or "sob"
(reindeer). Also those animals don't exist anymore in Central Europe.

Jorma Kyppo
Laukaa, Finland
jorma@jytko.jyu.fi

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From: Jorma Kyppo <jorma@jytko.jyu.fi>
Subject: Re: Animal names?
Date: 1995/04/24
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