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Indo-European Languages

made by Ven Bodhirasa

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What is the word in your language for mother?

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What is the word in your language for mother?

  • Pāli: mātu, mātā
  • Sanskrit: मातृ (mā́tṛ, mātṛ́)
  • Sinhala: මව (mava)
  • Hindi: माँ (mā̃), मैया (maiyā), माऊ (māū)
  • Persian: مادر (mādar)
  • Russian: мать (matʹ), мaма (mama)
  • Czech: matka, máti
  • Polish: matka, mama
  • Spanish: madre
  • French: materner
  • Afrikaans: moder
  • English: mother

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Is this a coincidence?

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what’s your word for nose?

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what’s your word for nose?

  • Hindi: नासिका (nāsikā)
  • Sanskrit: नासिका (nāsā)
  • Pāli: nāsā
  • Latin: nasus
  • German: Nase
  • French: nez
  • Spanish: nariz
  • Russian: нос (nos)
  • Czech: nos
  • Polish: nos
  • Afrikaans: neus

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What did these people call themselves?

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What did these people call themselves?

aarya

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a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language

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√ñā “know”

  • Sanskrit: √jñā
  • Greek: √knā
  • Latin: √gna
  • English: know, knowledge, gnosis
  • Russian: знать (znat’), наука (nauka)

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Who discovered this?

Sir William Jones

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udaka “water”

  • Sanskrit: उदन् (udán)
  • Russian: вода́ (vodá)
  • Czech: voda
  • Polish: woda
  • Greek: ύδωρ (ýdor)
  • English: water
  • Spanish: onda ("wave")

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√sapp “crawl”

  • Pāli: sappati “crawl”
  • Pāli: sappa “snake”
  • Sanskrit: sarpa
  • English: serpent
  • French: serpent
  • Spanish: serpiente

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√kat √kuṭ √cuṭ √chuṭ √chid “cut”

  • Sanskrit: √cuṭ √chid
  • Hindi: कट गया kat gaya
  • Sinhala: කපන්න kapanna
  • English: cut
  • Polish: ciąć
  • Spanish: cortar
  • French: couper

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tatiya “third”

  • Sanskrit: tṛtīya
  • Hindi: तीसरा teesara
  • Latin: tertius
  • Spanish: tercero
  • English: third
  • French: troisième
  • Russian: в третьих (v tret'ikh)
  • Czech: třetí

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√kal “calculate”

  • Sanskrit: kalate
  • English: calcualte, calculus
  • Spanish: calcular
  • French: calculer
  • Czech: kalkulačka

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√sīd “sit”

  • Pāli: ni-sīdati “sit down”
  • Sanskrit: sīdati “sit”
  • English: seat, sedentary, sedate
  • Spanish: sentar
  • French: siège
  • Russian: сидеть (sidet')
  • Czech: sedět
  • Polish: siedzieć

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√div “shine”

  • Pāli: deva
  • Sanskrit: deva
  • Hindi: दिव्य (divy)
  • Sinhala: ඩෙවින් (ḍevin)
  • Latin: divinus
  • Spanish: divino
  • French: divine
  • English: divine, divinity
  • Persian: دیو (div) (spirit)
  • Polish: dziw (miracle)
  • Russian: диво (divo) (miracle)
  • Czech: div (miracle)

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nāvā “ship, boat”

  • Sanskrit: nāu, nāvā
  • Hindi: नौसेना (nausena)
  • Sinhala: නැව (næva)
  • Latin: navis
  • Greek: ναυτικός (naftikós)
  • French: navire
  • English: navy, nautical, naval

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√han “kill”

  • Pāli: hantu “killer”
  • Sanskrit: hantṛ “killer”
  • English: hunter

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√budh “know, wake up”

  • Pāli: bujjhati
  • Sanskrit: budhyate
  • Polish: budzić
  • Russian: будить (budit')
  • Czech: vzbudit
  • Russian: будильник (budil'nik) “alarm clock”

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we could go on all day ...

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If you are interested in this topic,there is a website called https://www.indo-european-connection.com/

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