Re: Mitanni and Matsya

From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 56509
Date: 2008-04-03

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From: Francesco Brighenti
> > In Hurri,
> >
> > Varuna is uruwaanasiil [uruwanosil]
> > Indra is indara [int?ara]
> >
> > To be frank, I can't believe a second
> > that Hurri borrowed these words from Indic.
> >
> > It's the other way that sounds possible:
> > Hurri > Indo-iranian.
> >
> > Indo-Iranians came empty-handed
> > and got what they discovered on the spot.
>

Have you got a faint idea of what a number of specialized scholars
have written in the last 100 years about these "Hurri forms"?

Francesco

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I am past the age of playing riddles.

You are often very well documented.
So I suppose everybody could benefit
from something you have in store ?

Arnaud

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