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

[kkersey_austin]

No: HPFGUIDX 148483



> Lolita:
> 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. 

"Alohamora" comes to mind - a mix of the Hawaiian "Aloha" and Latin
"mora", meaning "farewell obstacle" according to the Lexicon.

http://www.hp-lexicon.org/magic/spells/spells_a.html#Alohomora

Of course it does have that IE Latin part, but I doubt that Hawaiian
is an IE language.

Elisabet