Re: Etymology of "Ketzer"


me wrote:
Holly wrote:
I read that the Dravidian word for fish "min" is the same sound as
their word for star; therefore they use the fish pictogram with other
pictograms when writing about a star.

Dravidians don't use pictograms and use [mi:n] only for "fish", not for
star. Star is [vel.l.I] in Tamil.

One of the places that I got my information was from here.
http://www.ancientscripts.com/indus.html

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