[INDOLOGY] Doom and dharma

[Nagaraj Paturi]

 What is dhaman = law here?https://www.etymonline.com/word/doom  doom (n.)

Middle English doome, from Old English dom "a law, statute, decree;
administration of justice, judgment; justice, equity, righteousness," from
Proto-Germanic *domaz (source also of Old Saxon and Old Frisian dom, Old
Norse domr, Old High German tuom "judgment, decree,"
Gothic doms"discernment, distinction"), perhaps from PIE root *dhe-
<https://www.etymonline.com/word/*dhe-?ref=etymonline_crossreference> "to
set, place, put, do" (*source also of Sanskrit dhaman- "law," *Greek
themis "law,"
Lithuanian domė "attention").

Originally in a neutral sense but sometimes also "a decision determining
fate or fortune, irrevocable destiny." A book of laws in Old English was
a dombec. Modern adverse sense of "fate, ruin, destruction" begins early
14c. and is general after c. 1600, from doomsday
<https://www.etymonline.com/word/doomsday?ref=etymonline_crossreference> and
the finality of the Christian Judgment. Crack of doom is the last trump,
the signal for the dissolution of all things.

doom (v.)

late 14c., domen, "to judge, pass judgment on," from doom
<https://www.etymonline.com/word/doom?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_13942>
(n.).
The Old English word was deman, which became deem
<https://www.etymonline.com/word/deem?ref=etymonline_crossreference>.
Meaning "condemn (to punishment), pronounce adverse judgment upon" is from
c. 1600. Related: Doomed; dooming.

On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 1:54 AM Simon Brodbeck via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> Can anyone comment on the etymological link (if any) between the word
> "doom" and the word "dharma"?
>
> Thanks in advance ...
>
> Simon Brodbeck
> Cardiff University
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-- 
Nagaraj Paturi

Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.


Director,  Inter-Gurukula-University Centre for Indic Knowledge Systems.
BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra

BoS, Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, Veliyanad, Kerala

Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies

FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,

(Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )


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