I love deeply traced etymologies, but sometimes shallow etymologies are pretty interesting too, especially in very common words, for example: dog: http://www.l

I love deeply traced etymologies, but sometimes shallow etymologies are pretty interesting too, especially in very common words, for example: dog: http://www.lexvo.com/info/eng/dog http://www.lexvo.com/info/eng/dog bird: http://www.lexvo.com/info/eng/bird http://www.lexvo.com/info/eng/bird which can only be traced backed to Anglo-Saxon and have no deeper relatives in any known language.