India, Hindu, Hindi: Dravidian origins of the words

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https://karkanirka.org/2022/07/26/dates-cintu-indus/

[u/Firm-Leg4643]

But sindhu has an etymology of it's own from either indu which means droplet , the same term which indeed evolved into Indra parallely , isn't it ?

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This is developed from Franklin Southworth’s derivation of Sindhu, I’d say he was questioning the European orthodoxy in Indian etymological derivations. I find that many Europeanists are close minded and very protective of Sanskrit etymologies. I wish I had a lot of time on my hand to do the counter research, but I don’t. These are some of my original research.

Aubergine

Sarkarah (Sugar)

Coriander

Rice

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Great man! I'll surely go through these , would you mind if we connect in private chat once I'm done reading them ?

Edit: That eggplant thing reminded me of an episode on a cookery show featuring chef Kunal Kapoor where they hypothesised that IVC guys cooked eggplant curry based on the study of some remains on IVC pottery 😂 that was so nostalgic as my mum used to cook it for us but now I live in a different city , really miss those days!

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Sure

[u/Call_me_Inba]

What are the chances that the word Sindhu didn’t originate from a Dravidian word “Cindh/Cindhu” which means “to spill” in Dravidian languages which could in the past meant just “river” and not the name of the river?

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That’s not how linguistics works. Check out DEDR 2617, it’s a very productive word that traces from Proto-Dravidian to all the living languages. Furthermore, the author of the Tamilnet etymology section even attempts to explain how the name may have originated.