Man/Manu (was Re: Khajuraho)

Dominik Wujastyk ucgadkw at ucl.ac.uk
Fri Mar 1 11:03:34 UTC 1996


Joydeep Mitra said:
> 
> Man (the word) originates from the Sanskrit word of 'Manu' (inclusive). -JM.
> 

Dear Mr Mitra,

A lack of knowledge of historical philology has led you astray.
"Man" in no sense "originates" from a Sanskrit word, although of course
they are cognate forms.

Very few English words are borrowed from Sanskrit.  Many English words
are cognate with Sanskrit and other IE words.

Dominik Wujastyk








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