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By Jaya Gurudeva das<\/strong><\/p>\n One of my friends said, \u201cLook at the rich technical vocabulary of English. Isn’t it amazing that today we have so many new words created in English like Computer, Processor, Monitor, Internet, Hardware, Software etc that it is almost impossible to create words with similar meaning in other languages and so instead we will have to directly import these english words into our languages to keep pace with the rapidly evolving new terms.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cVery True.\u201d, I said, \u201cAny language during the time period of its peak usage as a spoken language will have its words imported into other languages that exist during that period. Just like the way Sanskrit words which got imported into Greek, Latin, Persian, etc during the peak usage of Sanskrit. These Sanskrit words have today silently formed a vast majority of the Original English Language!\u201d.<\/p>\n And then I explained to him the Sanskrit source of various English words and he was quite surprised \u2013 not because he didn’t know it all these days, but because he had failed to recognize the obvious phonetic connection that existed between words in his Indian language (which is again derived from Sanskrit) and similar sounding words with similar meaning in English!<\/p>\n So I thought I better pen down a list of all such English words derived indirectly from the ancient Sanskrit.<\/p>\n But before that, as usual a small preface :)<\/p>\n The World\u2019s Oldest Known Literary work – the Vedas \u2013 the root source of the Indian and Hindu Philosophy and Spirituality \u2013 are written in Sanskrit.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could not possibly have been produced by accident; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all three, without believing them to have sprung from some common source which, perhaps, no longer exists; there is a similar reason, though not quite so forcible, for supposing that both the Gothick and the Celtick, though blended with a very different idiom, had the same origin with the Sanskrit; and the old Persian might be added to the same family\u201d<\/p>\n So said Sir William Jones \u2013 the English Philologist who for the first time in 1786 suggested in his book \u201cThe Sanscrit Language\u201d that Greek and Latin were related to Sanskrit and perhaps even Gothic, Celtic and Persian languages were related to Sanskrit.<\/p>\n It was this work which later gave birth to the so called Proto-Indo-European theory which instead of looking into Sanskrit being the root language of all Indo-European languages, suggests that all Indo-European languages including Sanskrit came from another so far unheard of language called PIE or Proto-Indo-European language.<\/p>\n Well, the irony is that till today there is no literature in the world about the so called PIE. There is no inscription found anywhere in the world written in the so called PIE. Nobody knows how the PIE was. Nobody knows who spoke it or in which part of the world was it spoken. No known ancient culture in the world talks about such a language being the root of the language they spoke. Simply put there is NO PROOF about the existence of this language. Just look at its name. It was a name GIVEN to it. A language if spoken will definitely contain words referring to everything that the people who spoke it could identify, yet here is a language which doesnt even have a name referring to itself!<\/p>\n So then what is the basis of having introduced this language in the language tree in the first place – a language which will remain invisible forever? Might be a guess, Max Muller used to guess a lot like this about the vedas, which he then retreated later.<\/p>\n Be it Greek Latin English Hindi Lithuanian \u2013 Sanskrit is the mother of all Languages. Even Scholars like Voltaire, Immanuel Kant etc believed that Sanskrit was the root of all Indo-European languages.<\/p>\n \u201cI am convinced that everything has come down to us from the banks of the Ganges\u201d said Voltaire. He believed that the \u201cDynasty of Brahmins taught the rest of the world\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cMankind together with all science must have originated on the roof of the world ie the Himalayas\u201d declared Immanuel Kant.<\/p>\n About PIE \u2013 No idea, they are all linguistic experts who created this language, Oops, I mean its existence \u2013 for the language itself is not known yet. I am not an expert to speak on PIE, might be those who speak about it are experts in this language :)<\/p>\n All I do is present below a list of English words which are derived from Latin\/Greek\/Persian which are in turn derived from Sanskrit. Indians will be quick enough to recognize these words in their own language since most Indian languages have also originated from Sanskrit and even the other languages have a great deal of Sanskrit influence on them.<\/p>\n And here goes the list of English words derived from Sanskrit.<\/p>\n NOTE: Just to make it clear the below list does not contain Sanskrit words that have been directly borrowed into English in recent times like Karma, Avatar, Mantra, Guru, Cheetah, Pundit, Juggernaut, Nirvana, Lakh etc but lists only those English words which were derived from Sanskrit as English evolved by borrowing words from Greek\/Latin etc. Prati Shat (meaning for every hundred i.e percent)per centum (L)percent Be it Greek Latin English Hindi Lithuanian \u2013 Sanskrit is the mother of all Languages. Even Scholars like Voltaire, Immanuel Kant, etc believed that Sanskrit was the root of all Indo-European languages. \u201cI am convinced that everything has come down to us from the banks of the Ganges\u201d said Voltaire. He believed that the \u201cDynasty of Brahmins taught the rest of the world\u201d. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96061,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86752\/revisions\/96061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMainstream English words with Sanskrit Roots<\/p>\n
\nRoot Sanskrit Word \tMedian Word in Latin(L) \/ Greek(G) \/ Arabic(A) \tDerived English Word
\nGau (meaning Cow) \tBous (G) \tCow
\nMatr (meaning Mother) \tMater (L) \tMother
\nJan (meaning Generation) \tGenea (G) \tGene
\nAksha (meaning Axis) \tAxon (G) \tAxis
\nNavagatha (meaning Navigation) \tNavigationem (L) \tNavigation
\nSarpa (meaning Snake) \tSerpentem (L) \tSerpent
\nNaas (means Nose) \tNasus (L) \tNose
\nAnamika (means Anonymous) \tAnonymos (G) \tAnonymous
\nNaama (means Name) \tNomen (L) \tName
\nManu (means First Human) \t?? \tMan\/Men\/Human
\nAshta (meaning Eight) \tOcto (L) \tEight
\nBarbara (meaning Foreign) \tBarbaria (L) \tBarbarian
\nDhama (meaning House) \tDomus (L) \tDomicile
\nDanta (meaning Teeth) \tDentis (L) \tDental
\nDwar (meaning Door) \tDoru \tDoor
\nDasha (meaning Ten) \tDeca (G) \tDeca
\nMadhyam (meaning Medium) \tMedium (L) \tMedium
\nKaal (meaning Time) \tKalendae (L) \tCalendar
\nKri (meaning To Do) \tCreatus (L) \tCreate
\nMishra (meaning Mix) \tMixtus (L) \tMix
\nMa (meaning Me\/My) \tMe (L) \tMe
\nPithr (meaning Father) \tPater (L) \tFather
\nBhrathr (meaning Brother) \tPhrater (G) \tBrother
\nLoka (meaning Place) \tLocus (L) \tLocale
\nMaha (meaning Great) \tMagnus (L) \tMega
\nMala (meaning Dirt\/Bad) \tMalus (L) \tMal as in Malicious, Malnutrition, Malformed etc
\nMakshikaa (meaning Bee) \tMusca (L) (Meaning Fly) \tMosquito
\nMrta (meaning Dead) \tMortis (L) \tMurder
\nNa (meaning No) \tNe \tNo
\nNakta (meaning Night) \tNocturnalis (L) \tNocturnal
\nPaad (meaning Foot) \tPedis (L) \tPed as in Pedestrial, Pedal etc
\nPancha (meaning Five) \tPente (G) \tPenta, Five
\nParah (meaning Remote) \tPera (G) \tFar
\nPatha (meaning Path) \tPathes (G) \tPath
\nRaja \/ Raya (meaning King) \tRegalis (L) \tRoyal
\nSama (meaning Similar) \tSimilis (L) \tSimilar
\nSapta (meaning Seven) \tSeptum (L) \tSeven
\nSharkara (meaning Sugar) \tSuccarum \tSugar \/ Sucrose
\nSmi (meaning Smile) \tSmilen (L) \tSmile
\nSthaH (meaning Situated) \tStare (L) (meaning To Stand) \tStay
\nSvaad (meaning Tasty) \tSuavis (L) \tSweet
\nTha (meaning That) \tTalis (L) \tThat
\nTva (meaning Thee) \tDih \tThee
\nVachas (meaning Speech) \tVocem (L) \tVoice
\nVahaami (meaning Carry) \tVehere (meaning to Carry) (L) \tVehicle
\nVama \/ Vamati (meaning Vomit) \tVomere (L) \tVomit
\nVastr (meaning Cloth) \tVestire (L) \tVest
\nYauvana (meaning Youth) \tJuvenilis (L) \tJuvenile
\nNarangi (meaning Orange) \tNaranj \tOrange
\nPippali (meaning Pepper) \tPiperi (G) \tPepper
\nChandana (meaning Sandalwood) \tSantalon (G) \tSandalwood
\nChandra (meaning Moon) \tCandela (L) (meaning light \/ torch) \tCandle
\nChatur (meaning Four) \tQuartus (L) \tQuarter
\nShunya (meaning Zero) \tCipher (A) \tZero
\na (prefix meaning \u201cnot\u201d ex: gochara \u2013 agochara) \ta (L)(G) (prefix meaning \u201cnot\u201d) \ta (prefix meaning \u201cnot\u201d ex: theiest-atheist
\nan (prefix meaning \u201cnot\u201d ex: avashya \u2013 anavashya) \tun (L)(G) (prefix meaning \u201cnot\u201d) \tun (prefix meaning \u201cnot\u201d ex: do-undo
\nArjuna (meaning Charm of Silver) \tArgentinum (L) \tArgentinum \u2013 Scientific Name of Silver
\nNava (meaning New) \tNovus (L) \tNova \u2013 New
\nKafa (meaning Mucus) \tCoughen \tCough
\nMithya (meaning Lie) \tMythos (G) \tMyth
\nThri (meaning Three) \tTreis (G) \tThree
\nMush (meaning Mouse) \tMus (L) \tMouse
\nMaragadum (meaning Emerald) \tSmaragdus (L) \tEmerald
\nGhritam (meaning Ghee) \t?? \tGhee
\nSrgalah (meaning Jackal) \tShagal (Persian) \tJackal
\nNila (meaning Dark Blue) \tNilak (Persian) \tLilac
\nSrgalah \tShagal (Persian) \tJackal
\nMan (Ma as in Malaysia) (meaning Mind) \tMens (L) \tMind
\nUpalah (meaning Precious Stone) \tOpalus (L) \tOpal
\nVrihis (meaning Rice) \tOriza (L) \tRice
\nUpalah (meaning Precious Stone) \tOpalus (L) \tOpal
\nBarbar (meaning stammering) \tBarbaros (G) \tBarbarian
\nJaanu (meaning knee) \tGenu (L) \tKnee
\nSunu (meaning Son or Offspring) \tSunu (German) \tSon
\nGhas (meaning eat) \tGrasa (German) \tGrass
\nSamiti (meaning Committee) \tcommittere (L) \tCommittee
\nSama (meaning Same) \tSamaz (Proto Germanic) \tSame
\nLubh (meaning Desire) \tLubo (Latin and Proto Germanic) \tLove
\nAgni (meaning Fire) \tIgnis (L) \tIgnite
\nHrt (meaning Heart) \tHerto (Proto Germanic) \tHeart
\nYaana (meaning journey, wagon) \tWagen (German) \tVan, Wagon
\nNara (meaning Nerve) \tNervus (L) \tNerve, Nervous
\nThey (th pronounced as in thunder, meaning they) \tDei (Germanic) \tThey
\nPrati \tper (L) \tper
\nPrati Shat (meaning for every hundred, i.e percent) \tper centum (L) \tpercent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"Hare](\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-SFpwljR8uPw\/VSpBJMVeDaI\/AAAAAAAAN9Q\/qM0-ahxK2nE\/s0\/2015-04-12_11-55-48.jpg\")
By Jaya Gurudeva das<\/strong><\/p>\n