Re: About the name Rasputin...

Heidi Graw wrote:

Might he have been familiar with another Semitic language, though?
I didn't mean to imply that he created a name using two languages
to form that hybrid. I did mention that I could only find a meaning for
"Ras"...head, prince in the Amharic language. Yet, I couldn't find
anything to indicate what the "putin" might mean, except for what I
found in German. Perhaps that "putin" was derived from a Semitic
language of one kind or another.

And since Rasputin thought so highly of himself, I doubt he would
have chosen a derogatory name. It is entirely possible he
thought himself a royal prince of a religious kind. And since
he did travel to the Holy Land and moved among the
Semites, I think it might be an idea to investiget the
Semitic languages for the etymology of the name
"Rasputin."

Who knows, it might also be an idea to investigate some Hellboy comics or such.
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