Derek Bowers wrote on Sun, Jan 11, 2004 07:27 PM UTC:
Gilman queries the link between 'rook' and 'elephant' as having
erroneously derived from the 'elephant and castle' (though his
explanation for the origin of this is highly questionable). I had always
thought that the link was from the Hindi word for elephant, which I
believe is 'Rukh'.
If not, what is his explanation for use of the word 'rook'?