Etymology And Magic Yaskas Nirukta Flatos Cratylus And Riddle Of Semanticetymologies

Author(s): Johannes Bronkhorst
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other (again with some rare exceptions), and it may be difficult to discem in each particular case why certain things rather than others are assumed to be thus connected. This intuition does not only account for the almost universal occurrence of sympathetic magic, but also for the equally quasi-universal use of semantic etymologies.
JOHANNES BRONKHORST Section de langues et civilisations orientales Université de Lausanne BFSH 2 CH-1015 Lausanne
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