Re: What's the etymology of ketchup/catsup?

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>green Tabasco sauce, made from
>milder jalapeño peppers as opposed to the very hot red (cayenne) pepper.)
Um, i thought Tabasco was made from Tabasco peppers? Hmm what do I know? I
dont like it much at all :).
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>Let's get to the point.  My question is natlang-related: what is the
>etymology
>of "ketchup" or "catsup" (Hindi, right?), and why the two different
>spellings?
>And I've seen recipes for non-tomato based ketchup; I remember a mushroom
>ketchup.  Is there any relation to East Indian chutney?
well, my dictionary says (and it was proven wrong months ago, IIRC on this
list, i think) that it comes from Amoy "ke-tsiap"
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