Sanskrit

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Reverse your question to: when did Samskritam become Sanskrit?
What is still pronounced by Samskrit-speaking brahmanas as Samskritam, the English and other Europeans had made 'Sanskrit'. Probably because it sounds more like Dansk, Norsk, Svensk? I don't know. Just like it's Samhita not Sanhita as some European translators like to do (might be indicative of their general mispronunciation of the language). A more crude example: in German, the Upanishads were called Oupkenat or something on initial translation. The Samskrit is of course not the same as the German pronunciation even if the latter were to have ever become the popular way of referring to the works.
Additionally, Sanskrit has no meaning, Samskritam does.

I couldn't find the thread to correct what I said earlier (that it was Mahabharata and Ramayana). But when I went to India recently and asked relatives who know Samskrit, they said the titles of the epics in the original language are Mahabharat<i>am</i> and Ramayan<i>am</i>. So that's in Samskrit. In Tamil we make a nasal 'm' sound at the end for these instead, so it sounds more like Ramayanau and Mahabharatau (but more nasal, like the French 'son').

Anyway, I'm sure you'd like to argue that you know better. I've said what I know.
You might also want to confirm this with experts here before finally deciding I'm right or wrong. Ask Hauma Hamiddha or others knowledgeable about Samskrit here.