ulUkhala (was pie/sanskrit)

[Hans Henrich Hock]

As I recall, Thieme considers khala/khara- to be inherited (regional
Indo-European, but not limited to Indo-Aryan).

Hans Henrich Hock



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>'>'Thieme proposed a derivation from Skt. uru- 'broad, wide' and=20
>'>'khara/khala- 'thrashing floor', with "popular" _l_ (which, given the=20
>'>'hymn in which it occurs, is not unreasonable). The braahmaNa=20
>'>'literature has its own popular etymologies.
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>     Is not khala = 'threshing floor' a Dravidian word ?
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>     C.R. Selvakumar
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>'>'Hans Henrich Hock
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