On Sun, 2013-05-12 at 13:48 +0800, Charles Haynes wrote: > Seems unlikely. The Burgundians believe they came from Scandinavia > and > they're almost certainly just another East Germanic tribe. The name > can be > traced back to at least 250 AD in Scandinavia, so unless > the Scandinavians were visiting South India earlier than that (or vice > versa) it seems pretty unlikely.
Hmm.. Well Telugu certainly has a lot of words that rhyme with Burgundy like rundy, yemundy, wastundy, teeskondy etc.so I thought Burgundy might be a word in Telugu. Possible meanings would include "I have a burger" or "I have an iceburg (sic)". A variety of wine cannot willy nilly be ruled out as a meaning. Of course Tambrams would know no Telugu would they - so it doesn't matter what I say.. ;) shiv
