For what it's worth, flax in Arabic is kittan; in Swahili it's kitani; in Turkish it's keten. One wonders whether Joseph's "ketonet" (Gen 37:3) was made out of CoTToN...
Phil | 04.16.06 - 8:19 am | #

I should have a big "cotton" post coming up in a couple of weeks.
Dave | Homepage | 04.16.06 - 9:46 am | #