Right, I'm crowd-sourcing this. What is the etymology of the English word "dog"? It seems unrelated to any other language.
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Als antwoord op @DanielJHannan
@DanHannanMEP http://www.academia.edu/1499785/The_Etymology_of_Old_English_docga … "English is unique among the Germanic languages in that it has developed a synonym that has supplanted1 antwoord 1 retweet 0 vind-ik-leuks -
Als antwoord op @K_Niemietz
@DanHannanMEP ...the inherited Germanic word as the normal generic term for dog [...] The word has no obvious cognates outside English."1 antwoord 0 retweets 0 vind-ik-leuks -
Als antwoord op @K_Niemietz
@DanHannanMEP "If it is a loan, it has not been traced back to an identifiable source, Germanic, Celtic, or Latinate."#mystery1 antwoord 0 retweets 0 vind-ik-leuks
@K_Niemietz @DanHannanMEP Docga is possibly a hypocoristic of Old English focga (fox), just as doggy is used today for dog. Seems plausible.
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