"Shaman"

[Valerie J Roebuck]

According to the OED, it was first recorded in English in 1698.  It now
occurs in books and newspapers without italics or explanations, so I would
think it is.

Valerie J Roebuck
Manchester, UK

>Is "shaman" a really English word?
>
>Regards,
>Marina Orelskaya
>
>
>--- Valerie J Roebuck <vjroebuck at MACUNLIMITED.NET>
>wrote:
>> What is the current thinking on the relationship (if
>> any) between English
>> "shaman" and Sanskrit "zramaNa"?