chariots (was: AIT, NEW genetic evidence)
Swaminathan Madhuresan
smadhuresan at YAHOO.COM
Tue Mar 7 20:17:07 UTC 2000
>
> I find it intriguing that Tamil has the following words:
>
> uruL meaning roll,
> uruNdai meaning round or spherical
> uruTTu = rotate or roll
>
> Are Tamil words related to Latin rota ? How come Tamil rule of
> the retroflex consonants L,N,T seems to be related to
> the words roll-round-rotate ? Is it a coincidence ?
> Has someone studies such connections (apparent or real) ?
>
Intriguing also is Tamil shares the words for nail, axle, etc.,
Do they all go to Southwest Asia where wheeled transport was invented?
Regards,
SM
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