Is "Sanskrit" Dravidian ?

[Paul Kekai Manansala]

Lars Martin Fosse wrote:
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> Samar Abbas wrote:
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> > Is the word "Sanskrit" itself of Dravidian etymology ?
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> > The word "samskrutam" has the suffix -am, indicating a Dravidian origin of
> > the word. Is it possible to trace a Dravidian origin for the prefix
> > samskr- ? Perhaps, Shimoga (Kann. place), Shanmugam (Tam. name), Shan
> > (Burmic) are the sources.
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> Samar, why don't you get yourself Colson's Teach Yourself Sanskrit? Then you
> would immediately know that "Sanskrtam" has nothing to do with Dravidian, and
> that the ending -am is a very common ending for skt. nouns.
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Yes, but Sanskrit is an Indian language.  Maybe it would be more
relevant if -am was a common ending for IE nouns.

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> > Since 30-50 % of the words of Sanskrit are of Dravidian etymology >anyway,

And many other words are of Austric or other etymology making
up the vast majority of Sanskrit words.

Regards,
Paul Kekai Manansala