BryanMaloney
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Thoth is the Greek corruption of tihuti.
Who in Egyptian lore was a representation of the divine will.
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Thoth is no more a Greek corruption than "God" is an English corruption of "HaShem" (etc.) Thoth is essentially the Greek VERSION of ḏḥwty/ḏiḥautī. What might be a corruption would be the English pronunciation of "Thoth", which doesn't actually match the ancient Greek. The ancient Greek pronunciation would be something like "t-eh-o-t-eh", with very weak "e" sounds. The Greek theta was not pronounced as an english "th", but as an aspirated t, sometimes with a strong aspiration. How well would any of us, when hearing words from an unknown language, be able to phonetically represent them using only standard English letters?
One might as well claim that the English pronunciation of "Weiss" is a corruption of the German pronunciation. I know several people in this country who consider the correct pronunciation of their name to be the English one, regardless of what might have been done in the old country.