Re: Roots of English language

From: M. Ranjit Mathews (ranjit_mathews_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/14/04 

Date: 14 Sep 2004 00:20:56 -0700

Anti-imperialist <ai@anti-imperialist.net> wrote ...

> > You may be interested that English
> "evil" is related to Sanskrit "Upanishads" and "opal".

I can't seem to find an "opal".

> Bizarre, huh?

Relation to "Upanishad" seems bizarre. <upa> doesn't mean evil.

Would you find it bizarre that Malayalam <tApanila> means, and is
cognate with, English temperature?

Sanskrit <tApas> = heat; cognate with "temper"
Tamil <nila> = level