Origins of Avada Kedavra WAS:Re: My thoughts on some things.......

[lolita_ns]

No: HPFGUIDX 148406

> 
> zgirnius:
> There is at least one more language represented. The spell Tonks 
uses 
> to fix Harry's broken nose in HBP has the incantation 'Episkey', 
which 
> I could not associate to either English or Latinish roots. Turns 
out, 
> the Greek 'episkeyazo' means 'to repair', adn is the likely origin 
of 
> this incantation.
> 
> I love the HP Lexicon!!


Lolita:

Yes, you're right. I didn't remember that one. OTOH, Greek is also an 
IE language, so it *is* connected to English & Latin (somewhere deep, 
deep in the past). I was thinking along the lines of non IE lgs, and, 
as far as I can remember, AK is the only spell whose incantation is 
not in any of those. Is there any non-IE lg native speaker out there 
who is willing enough to try and find a spell with origins in their 
languages? (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, or, even better, Hebrew or some 
of the North African lgs...)

Cheers,
Lolita