Marathi-Italy Bhai Bhai

There always has been a hypothesis that Marathis and Italians are connected genetically and linguistically. It dates back to the time when our ancestors realised that "Italy" seems to be derived from the word Vitthal (or Ittal colloquially) which is the name of a major god in marathi. Also, in recent times, there has been some research showing that driving habits of Italians and people in heartland of Marathi (Pune) are very similar.

But now, in a lucid moment when I woke up in the dawn yesterday, I have found an irrefutable proof that converts the hypothesis into theory. To wit:

• In marathi, the exclamation "Baap Re!" is commonly used one (The word baap means father in marathi.)


• The most common Italian expression we hear is "mamma mia". Now, consider the fact that mamma in Italian is "mother" (and also that kids worldwide are calling their mothers mamma now-a-days). Also, add to this that "mian" in hindi means "husband". So, the expression means, "Mother's Husband".... same as "Oh father!"

Eureka, amici!!!


Update:
Thanks to Iyer Education, we found a phenomenon not explained by our theory. On thinking about it, we have updated the theory...
Italians are maternal cousins with Marathis and paternal cousins with Sindhis. So, they share the name endings with parsis (though most common marathi name is Kulkarni, it is pronounced with "Ni", not "ni").
But, Italian is their mother-tongue after all, which supports the theory.

I guess we have plugged all holes in this theory now... Grazie, amico!!!