Re: Origin of Sanskrit (was: Mapping the Origins and Expansion of...

Mitanni kings had Indo-Aryan names such as Suwar-data ("given by the sun").

A treaty concluded in the 14th century BC between king Shupiluliuma and the Mitanni king Matiwaza lists Aryan gods. Eg: Mitra-Varuna, Indara, Nasatyas. These are Vedic Gods.

Kikkuli a Mitanni wrote about horses and horse races. Lingustic forms he uses are typically Indic: E.g. aika-wartana "one round" contains the numeral aika.

This implies Sanskrit was in use in the Mitanni time. Hence if you compare the chronology of Sanskrit with the forms used in Mitanni empire the middle indo aryan forms of Mitanni words is evident.

Regards,
Shivraj

--- In mailto:cybalist%40yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:
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> You seem to be confused in just about all cases. Since you are challenging the accepted facts, you need to provide proof, not Francesco. It is absurd that Mitanni, which existed 2,000 years before Middle IA could have been influenced by it. The same phenomenon as sapta > satta happened in Spanish, Portuguese, French and Italian e.g. Latin septem "seven" > siete, sete, sept (silent <p>) and sette --nobody ascribes that change to influence of Middle IA.

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