English in its Earliest Shape.
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now print a hundred and thirty words or so, the oldest used by us, which vary but slightly in their Eastern and Western shapes. How the one-syllable roots first arose, no man can say.
| Sanscrit. | English (Old and New). | Sanscrit. | English (Old and New). |
| na | ne, no | dhruva (certain) | true |
| ana | an, on | ||
| upa | up | mridu (soft) | mild |
| upari | over | bhurja | birch |
| abhi | by | nâbhi | navel |
| apa | of | nakha | nægel, nail |
| para | far | nava | new |
| puras | for | ukshan (bull) | ox |
| param | fram, from | gô | cú, cow |
| antar | under | avi (ovis) | ewe |
| adhi | at | mûsha | mûs, mouse |
| ud | ût, out | hansa (goose) | gander |
| nu | nu, now | udra | water |
| sa, sâ, tat | se, seô, þæt (the, that) | swâdu | sweet |
| swêda | sweat | ||
| tê | they | rudhira | red |
| sama (like) | same | anta | end |
| ubhâ | bâ, both | yuga | yoke |
| kas[1] | hwâ, who | laghu, laghistha | light, lightest |
| kutra | hwider, whither | ||
| tatra | thither | Divâ-madhyam | Day-middle, noon |
| katara | hwæðer, whether | ||
| râjya | rich | ||
| antara | (onther) other | vidjâ | wit |
| mahistha | mâest, most | manas | mind |
| dvau | twâ, two | gharmá | warmth |
| tri | þri, three | nâman | nama, name |
| sastha | sixth | lobha (desire) | love |
| saptan | seven | agra (field) | acre |
| navan | nine | hval (to move) | hweol, wheel |
| trajôdasan | thirteen | sadas | seat |
| yuvan | young | pathin | path |
- ↑ K in Sanscrit becomes H in a Teutonic tongue.
