Subject: Re: ghaut instincts<br/>
Date: Apr 15, 2002 @ 04:22<br/>
Author: acroorca2002 (&quot;acroorca2002&quot; &lt;orc@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-179999197">latin gutta meaning a drop of water gives english gutter <br/>
so likely dutch goot too<br/>
& these are evidently not related to ghat ghut ghaut ghattah<br/>
meaning mountain & mountain stream etc<br/>
<br/>
i would sooner buy a british colonial connection direct from hindi to <br/>
these certain few west indies<br/>
as i think your previous dictionary post fairly well settles <br/>
but it is still a marvel how it got there <br/>
<br/>
m<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="qreply"> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., &quot;ps1966nl&quot; &lt;smaardijk@y...&gt; wrote:<br/>
&gt; See also <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.bartleby.com/61/13/G0111300.html">http://www.bartleby.com/61/13/G0111300.html</a><br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; So via Hindi from Sanskrit. Ghattah sounds a bit like gutter. And <br/>
&gt; Ghaut sounds like the Dutch Goot (=gutter).<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; So whether via India or via Britain, the source of the ghaut looks <br/>
&gt; like being the same.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Peter S. </span></blockquote></div>