Husky, v. interesting.
my random ramblings (speculations i often indulge in)
As in AIT thread a few months back we were discussing, I feel pronouns are the deepest rooted words in any language. Nouns and Verbs may be acquired from influence, and proverbs may change or be modified with time, but pronouns tend to retain their original-ness, more or less. Pronouns must have been the first and the foremost developments when our proto-ancestors must have learnt speaking. This, That, There, he, then (or idi, tat, tatra, sah, tada) must have been the first of the words developed. As it makes sense for the basic most building block of communication.
Then all the "question-words" are extensions of pronouns. these are the requests to fill the vacant information about the pronouns, after all. this/that -> what (idah -> kah); there becomes where (itra-> kutra), then becomes when (tada -> kada), he -> who (sah -> kah/kaa)
So, like the first pronouns have a link, the first vacancies of the pronouns (the question words) have a link together too!
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I thought I noticed some words in Awadhi/Bhojpuri (but not in Hindi) - which are common to Tamizh and can be seen even in Japanese.
Seri/Seriya in tamizh, means 'ok'?. in awadhi, we have a noun 'sariya-rik', which means fine. and verb sariya - which means making something ok. (like sorting out the papers on the table is 'kaagad sariya-na' in awadhi).
In Japanese, Seiri is the first S of the 5 famous S-es of lean manufacturing or of Kaizen. It means tidiness or organization. Exactly same sense as in Awadhi, and in Tamizh.
Now I am not yet aware of a Hindi word or Sanskrit that comes close to this word. Sreya is closest I can think of. noble, desirable etc.
there are some more words that I have come across that link Awadhi, Japanese, (and some times Tamizh).
The second S of lean is 'seiton'. means orderliness. In Awadhi we have seyt and Hindi less frequent saheT. means the same things.
The third S is Seiso, means cleanliness. How closely does it resemble 'swachha'!
all speculation only not to be taken seriousely.
my random ramblings (speculations i often indulge in)
As in AIT thread a few months back we were discussing, I feel pronouns are the deepest rooted words in any language. Nouns and Verbs may be acquired from influence, and proverbs may change or be modified with time, but pronouns tend to retain their original-ness, more or less. Pronouns must have been the first and the foremost developments when our proto-ancestors must have learnt speaking. This, That, There, he, then (or idi, tat, tatra, sah, tada) must have been the first of the words developed. As it makes sense for the basic most building block of communication.
Then all the "question-words" are extensions of pronouns. these are the requests to fill the vacant information about the pronouns, after all. this/that -> what (idah -> kah); there becomes where (itra-> kutra), then becomes when (tada -> kada), he -> who (sah -> kah/kaa)
So, like the first pronouns have a link, the first vacancies of the pronouns (the question words) have a link together too!
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I thought I noticed some words in Awadhi/Bhojpuri (but not in Hindi) - which are common to Tamizh and can be seen even in Japanese.
Seri/Seriya in tamizh, means 'ok'?. in awadhi, we have a noun 'sariya-rik', which means fine. and verb sariya - which means making something ok. (like sorting out the papers on the table is 'kaagad sariya-na' in awadhi).
In Japanese, Seiri is the first S of the 5 famous S-es of lean manufacturing or of Kaizen. It means tidiness or organization. Exactly same sense as in Awadhi, and in Tamizh.
Now I am not yet aware of a Hindi word or Sanskrit that comes close to this word. Sreya is closest I can think of. noble, desirable etc.
there are some more words that I have come across that link Awadhi, Japanese, (and some times Tamizh).
The second S of lean is 'seiton'. means orderliness. In Awadhi we have seyt and Hindi less frequent saheT. means the same things.
The third S is Seiso, means cleanliness. How closely does it resemble 'swachha'!
all speculation only not to be taken seriousely.