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From: kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz (Paul J. Kriha)
Subject: Re: Animal names?
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In article <3nl67p$a0p@mordred.cc.jyu.fi>,
   Jorma Kyppo <jorma@jytko.jyu.fi> wrote:
>hidas@dxcern.cern.ch (Pal Hidas) wrote:
>
[...]
>kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz (Paul J. Kriha) wrote:
>> But what about the hippopotamus? There's another puzzling word 'hroch'!
>> Is it derived from the sound they make?
>
>Could be. Hippopotamus is relative of a pig.

Yes, but 'hroch' (a hippo) doesn't seem to be related to
'prase' or 'vepr^' (a pig).

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