In a message dated 96-06-30 20:07:02 EDT, PESELYG@APSU01.APSU.EDU writes: >"Ther" is traced back to the Indo-European root *ghwer- which is >also the source of the Latin "ferus" (wild), [...] and of a Lithuanian word >meaning "wild beast." Not to mention English "deer," which, until not too long ago, meant "animal," as its German counterpart, "Tier," still does.