Re: Mitanni and Matsya

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "kishore patnaik"
<kishorepatnaik09@...> wrote:

> Mittani word aruna, so far I know, means sea. Thus, the borrowing,
> to my mind is clear -- it is from IA (the unknown, the cosmological
> sea) to the known (a physical sea).

The term aruna- 'sea' is Hittite, not Hurrian (the language spoken
in the Mittani kingdom). The matter has been already discussed here
a month ago (perhaps you did not notice that):

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/53648

> It is interesting to note that the word Aruna in Skt has also
> grown from Varuna.

This etymology is non-existent.

Regards,
Francesco