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[The Hammer]

You are most welcome in the forum, @The Hammer. It is good that you enjoy cooking, I limit myself to enjoy eating since I have too many ideas in the kitchen which my wife does not like. Therefore, I am kept out of the kitchen. She is averse to experimenting.

"Druid", the word is so close to what we use in India - "Dravida" (that is how people of West and South India are believed to be), which make me think that there is a relationship. It is how the Indo-Aryans named them, Dravida is speculated to mean "who know the three" (Tri+Vid, three knowing). I do not know what are those three.
Tamiḻ→Damiḷa/Damila→Dramiḷa/Dramiḍa→Draˉviḍa Dravidian peoples - Wikipedia

There actually is a pretty cool linguistic connection here, just not quite between Druid and Dravida. I don't think.

See "Druid" is generally reconstructed from Proto-Celtic dru-wid- or something very close to it. The -wid- element goes back to the Proto-Indo-European root weyd-, meaning "to see" or "to know." Sanskrit vid- and Veda come from that same Indo-European root. So Druid and Veda really are very distant linguistic relatives in that sense.

The dru- part though is generally associated with the Indo-European word for tree or oak, and also ideas of firmness or strength. That's where the traditional interpretation of "Druid" as something like "oak-knower" or "strong seer" comes from, although the precise original meaning is debated.

 

[rocala]

"Druid", the word is so close to what we use in India - "Dravida" (that is how people of West and South India are believed to be), which make me think that there is a relationship.

This may be of interest to you.

Druidism And The Ancient Religions Of India (Dharma)

Explore how Druidry connects with the Ancient Religions of India and Dharma. There is a long and detailed history on the links with the two groups.

druidry.org