Indo-Aryan words in Hurrian

[V.V. Raman]

A question was posed about the possible source of <namah.>

My recollection is that the term <nama-ukti> in the sense of uttering a homage
occurs somewhere in the Rig Veda. Perhaps some expert can explain this more.

But namah as <na+ mama> sounds like the kind of word-play that I believe
classical Sanskrit scholars used to enjoy (there is more punning in ancient
Sanskrit and Tamil writings than are wittily understood), and some Neo-Sanskrit
etymologists (unwittingly and aritficially) construct.

V. V. Raman
November 10, 2000