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Sanskrit: S
श्रुत
śruta
heard; famous Drafted; not yet checked.
Relatives of English loud
An old k became h in Old English (hlūd, now loud), and German laut lost it too. Greek kept the k (klytos) and Sanskrit turned it into ś (śruta). The root means 'to hear'.
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श्वेत
śveta
white Drafted; not yet checked.
Relatives of English white
The old k became hw in Gothic (hweits) and wh in English; German lost the h (weiß). Sanskrit turned it into ś (śveta).
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सूनु
sūnu
son Drafted; not yet checked.
Relatives of English son
Almost nothing changed. The s and n held on in every branch, and only the vowel moved a little (Old English sunu).
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स्वादु
svādu
sweet Drafted; not yet checked.
Relatives of English sweet
The old word began sw-. Sanskrit and Latin kept it, English kept the s and w, and Greek turned sw into a plain h.
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