Re: More Etymology!

["Nigel Greenwood" <ndsg_mmii@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Aidan Kehoe wrote:

> Ar an triochadú lá de mí na Nollaig, scríobh Dusan Vukotic:

>  > It seems that it comes from MHG beruowen (or berugen); OHG râwa, Gr.
>  > ερωη, ραχάτι rest. What about OE ræstan, restan? Greek ραχάτι and 'rest'
>  > seem to be cognates?

> In short, they don’t see any link between ραχάτι and ‘rest.’

But ραχάτι isn't really Greek at all -- it's a Turkish loan
(itself a loan from Arabic).  Most familiar as part of the phrase
"Rahat lokum" (Turkish delight) < Arabic ra:Hat al-Hulqu:m (ease of the
throat).

Nigel

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