Re: words ending in guu, once more

Jim,

Yes, there is an obvious sense in which "Vedaguu" is no different from
"Garuu" ...

... however, for the same reasons that we cannot explain "Garuu" as
"ga + ram", we cannot really explain "Vedaguu" as "veda + gam" ...

... but of course I agree that such explanations are of real interest
--even if they are fanciful, and sometimes precisely because they are
fanciful.

I insist, once again, that the true origin of the English word
"butterfly" is completely unrelated to "butter", nor has anything to
do with "flies" , but instead arises from the inverse-pseudo-parataxis
of "flutter-by".

   Perchance to see one flutter by,
   Therefore, we say, "butter-fly".

I sincerely hope, however, that this explanation is not mistakenly
appropriated as fact by the etymologists of some 2,500 years into the
future.

E.M.