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The Sources of Standard English.
| Sanscrit. | English (Old and New). | Sanscrit. | English (Old and New). |
| bhrâj | bright | satya | sooth, true |
| pitri | father | vêda | I wot |
| mâta | mother | sîd-âmi | I sit |
| bhrâtri | brother | sa-sâd-a | I sat |
| svasâr | sister | sâd-ayâ-mi | I seat |
| sûnu | sunu, son | bhar-âmi | I bear |
| duhitri | daughter | vaks-âmi | I wax |
| ganas | kin | mâr-ayâ-mi | I murder |
| dvâra | door | bhanj | break |
| bhrû | brow | hrî | rue |
| naktam | by night | we- | weave |
| div | day | man | mean |
| ghrishti (pig) | griskin | smi (laugh) | smile |
| gridhnu (eager) | greedy | grabh (take) | grab |
| bhadra (good) | better | lih | lick |
| vant (blowing) | wind | gâ | go |
| vidhavâ | widow | dhâ | do |
| nâsa | nose | ad | eat |
| tripada | three-footed | plu | flow |
| tanu | thin | par | ferry |
| dhuma (smoke) | dim | stâ | stand |
| manu | man | strî | strew |
| malana (grinding) | miln, mill | snu (flow) | snivel |
| dar | tear | ||
| kalamas | haulm (stubble) | bhu | be |
| kalya | hale | asti | is |
| kala (time) | hwile, a while | bhid (split) | bite |
| dhvan | din | dharsh | dare |
| janaka (father) | cyning, king | trish | thirst |
| janî (mother) | cwen, queen | lû | loose |
| dru | tree | bandh | bind |
| hrid | heart | dam | tame |
| stâras | stars | gnâ | know |
| pattra (wing) | feather | vânksh | wish |
| kas (to cough) | hâs, hoarse | vrit (turn) | worth[1] |
| danta | (tonth) tooth | siv | sew[2] |
- ↑ As in our phrase, ‘woe worth the day.’
- ↑ It will be remarked that Grimm's Law is sometimes broken.Thus day and path begin with the same letter both in Sanscrit andEnglish. I wish that some competent scholar would give us a listof all those of our Teutonic words that are clearly akin to Sanscrit.Antiquam exquirite — sororem. The English bishop and the Frenchevêque, two very modern forms of the same word, are much widerapart from each other than the hoary words in the long list givenabove. Clive's sailors would have stared, had they been told thatthe first syllable of the Ganges was to be found in the gangway oftheir ships, and that kinsmen, long separated, were being re-united.
