[tied] Re: Decoding Meluhhan dialect

--- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:> The
verb <bHarati> (PIE *bHer-e-ti) has so many meanings (just like its
cognates -- Lat. fero:, Eng. bear, Gk. pHero:, etc.) that it's quite
easy to read almost any sort of semantics into its derivatives.
Nevertheless, the ethnonym <bHarata-> is certainly to be analysed as
an original participle: 'supported, maintained, ruled, ...' (or the
like). Its use as a personal name or divine epithet is also common:
e.g. Agni is "the Bharata" = 'kept alive by the care of men'. There
is no reason to connect it specifically with metalworking.

I agree with you, Piotr. There may be no semantic connection, but it
is notable that in Gujarati language, the word bharatiyo connotes a
caster of metals and in Punjabi: bharan 'to bring out molten metal
from a furnace'. I don't know if it is related to the root: bha_ 'to
glow' as in bha_skara, 'sun'; bhrama, 'flame' (R.gveda).