Re: Mitanni and Matsya

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

>
> One scholar (dont think he is from cybalist) who I was
> chatting with has pointed out the obvious- it is Mittani,
> not "Mitanni".

But how is that obvious? The name is attested in
writing, and is 'Mitanni', not 'Mittani'.

> ==================================phonetically similar to
> Midhuna. No wonder they were swearing by the Nasatyas.

Lookalike linguistics won't be tolerated (surely?)
on a linguistics list, however, and that's all you
have with a Mittani-Midhuna comparison, I'm afraid.

David