Re: [tied] Etymology of ratha, as battle-car

I think ratha "car" is the same word as ratha "wheel" < *rotH-

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Subject: [tied] Etymology of ratha, as battle-car


> There are pictorial motifs which link an 'endless-knot' motif and a
> 'battle-car'. On one pictorial, the knot appears right in the
> centre, just above the chariot in motion.
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> In this context, the following Sanskrit lexemes seem to be relevant:
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> krandas = battle cry; grantha = knot (which word later gets used for a
> script in India; kiranti = knot in Tamil). Can these phonemes,
> krandas, grantha explain the 'ratha' in Sanskrit?
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> I shall be grateful for info. on cognate forms in IE for semantic
> sets: battle, battle-car, battle-cry, knot.
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> Or, is rad- just relatable only to rota- wheel?
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> Thanks.
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