Re: Bakkhos etymology

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel J. Milton" <dmilt1896@...>
wrote:

> She is the subject of the tale Undine (1811) by Friedrich de la Motte
> Fouqué. The word was invented by the medieval scholar Paracelsus."
>
> I rather doubt that Paracelsus knew Lithuanian. However, I
> suspect he did know the Latin 'unda' "wave".
> Dan Milton

Thanks. I didn't know that. Also, can Latin word UNDA be related to
Lithuanian word BANGA, meaning WAVE. For example, there is word
VINGIS, meaning WINDING, in Lithuanian language and there is word
VINDA, meaning WINDING, in Latvian language. So,

BANGA - UNDA = VINGIS - VINDA ?