Word Origins
| Word | Origins |
|---|---|
| vegetable [raw] |
-noun
Indian Tamil word for it is
kaay. |
| ventricle of the heart |
-noun
Indian Urdu qamra means
‘room’. |
| ventricle valve of the heart |
-noun
Indian Urdu qamra means
‘room’. |
| ventricular valve of the heart |
-noun
Indian Urdu qamra means
‘room’
German die Kammerklappe
‘ventricular valve of the heart’ derives from it. |
| ventricular valve of the heart |
-noun
Indian Urdu qamra means
‘room’. |
| verse |
-noun
Indian Tamil varisu
means ‘line’. |
| verse |
poetic verse -noun
Indian Tamil varisu
means ‘line of writing’.
Ladino verso
‘poetic line’ derives from it.
Ladino is the language of
Sephardic [wandering] Jews in
English verse also
derives from it.
|
| very |
-Indian Tamil polivu
means ‘many’.
Greek poli ‘very’
derives from it. |
| vestry |
-noun
Indian Sanskrit vasthrah
means ‘clothes’.
Gaelic veastraidh ‘vestry’
derives from it. |
| vicious |
-adjective
Indian Sanskrit visham
‘poison’
am is just a suffix for neuter nouns. The basic word is vish. |
| victor |
-noun
Indian Sanskrit bahu means
‘very’
dairyah means
‘courage’
Indian Hindi bahadur (bahu
+dairyah) means ‘brave’
Turkish bahadir derives
from above Indian words.
Gaelic buadhair ‘victor’
also derives from above Indian words. |
| victor |
-noun
Indian bahadur means
‘brave man’.
d is our simple symbol for soft d sound as in this. |
| victorious |
-adjective
Indian Sanskrit bahu means
‘very’
dairyah
means ‘courage’
Indian Hindi bahadur (bahu
+dairyah) means ‘brave’
Turkish bahadir derives
from above Indian words.
Gaelic buadhach ‘victorious’
also derives from above Indian words.
d is our
symbol for soft d sound as in this. |
| vile |
-adjective
Indian Urdu suvvar means
‘pig’. |
| villa |
-noun
Indian Sanskrit vilas means ‘large house’.
Hebrew villa derives from it.
English villa also derives from it. |
| visa |
-noun
Permission to come to country
Indian Tamil vaa means
‘come’.
Gaelic viosa derives
from it.
English visa also
derives from it. |
| Vishnhu |
-noun
Indian Vishnhu is
one of the gods of Hindu Trinity.
nh is our
simple symbol for one of the cerebral sounds unique to Indian languages.
Try to pronounce n with
your tongue touching the roof of your mouth, not back of your teeth. Since
Chinese does not have this unique sound, simple n sound is used.
Chinese Wu-Shun
derives from Him. |
| Vishnhu |
-noun
Indian Vishnhu is
one of the gods of Hindu Trinity.
nh is our
simple symbol for one of the cerebral sounds unique to Indian languages.
Try to pronounce n with
your tongue touching the roof of your mouth, not back of your teeth. Since
Chinese does not have this unique sound, simple n sound is used. |
| visit |
-Indian Tamil vaa means
‘come’.
English visit derives
from it. |
| vocation |
-noun
Indian Sanskrit kr means
‘create’, ‘do’.
Indian Hindi kar means
‘do’
Arabic kaar ‘vocation’
derives from above Indian words. |
| wagon |
-noun
Indian Hindi gaadi means
‘cart‘.
euskara (Basque) gurdi ‘wagon’ derives from it (r
sound added). |
| wash |
-noun
Indian Sanskrit varshah
means ‘rain’. |
| water |
-noun
Indian Tamil word for it is neer.
Greek neron derives
from it.
Indian Sanskrit word for it
is apa.
Indian Urdu aab derives
from it. (Arabic has no p sound.) Arabic ab also derives from it. (Arabic has no p sound.)
Indian Hindi word for it is paani.
Romany (language of European
gypsies) pani derives from it.
|
| water |
-noun
Indian Tamil word for it is neer.
Indian Sanskrit nir-jana
‘water of life-Elixir’ derives from it.
Greek neron also
derives from it.
***
Indian Hindi/Urdu word for it
is paani.
Romany (language of European
gypsies) pani derives from it.
***
Indian Sanskrit word for it
is apa.
Indian Urdu aab derives
from it |
| water(fresh) |
(fresh) water -noun Indian Sanskrit jalam means ‘water’. Arabic zulaal ‘fresh water’ derives from it.
Indian Hindi paani means
‘water’.
Indian Sanskrit nava
means ‘new’, ‘fresh’
Romany (language of European
gypsies) pani nevi derives from above Indian words.
|
| water(pure) |
(pure) water -noun
Indian Sanskrit jalam
means ‘water’. |
| watermelon |
-noun
Indian Urdu word for it is kharbooza.
Ladino karpuz derives
from it.
Ladino is the language of
Sephardic (wandering) Jews in Europe.
Sephardic (pronounced as Sefardic)
derives from Indian Hindi/Urdu safari ‘travel’.
Turkish karpuz derives
from it.
Greek karpoozi also
derives from it. |
| watermelon |
-noun
Indian Urdu word for it
is kharboozaa.
Romany (language of European
gypsies) karpuz derives from it. |
| wax |
-noun
Indian Hindi/Urdu word for it is moom.
Romany (language of gypsies in Europe) mom derives from
it. |
| wee |
-adjective
Indian Kannada chikka means
‘little’, ‘small’.
euskara (Basque) txiki (pronounced
as chiki) ‘wee’ derives from it. |
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