Subject: Re: ghaut instincts
Date: Apr 13, 2002 @ 17:42
Author: ps1966nl ("ps1966nl" <smaardijk@...>)
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See also
http://www.bartleby.com/61/13/G0111300.html
So via Hindi from Sanskrit. Ghattah sounds a bit like gutter. And
Ghaut sounds like the Dutch Goot (=gutter).
So whether via India or via Britain, the source of the ghaut looks
like being the same.
Peter S.