[OT] Re: How to understand flow of kernel code

[Andries Brouwer]

On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 09:11:47AM -0700, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:

> Interesting trivia. Krishna in hindi means "all attractive". The Greeks 
> took the word and
> over time it was corrupted into the word "Christ" which was later used 
> for Jesus of Nazereth.
> I lot of people probably don't know his last name actually came from the 
> Vedic culture.

Hmm - don't think you are a reliable source of etymological information.

Krishna means "black".
Christos means "anointed".

The IE roots are different. The krs-no- is seen e.g. in Slavic cerny
(black). The ghrei- is perhaps seen in English grime.
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