From Merriam Webster Dictionary:
Main Entry: 1south
Pronunciation: 'sauth
Function: adverb
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English suth; akin
to Old High German sund- south and probably to Old
English sunne sun Date: before 12th century
1 : to, toward, or in the south
2 : into a state of decline or ruin
There is a word, 'savyatah' attested in the Rigveda
and interpreted by Sa_yan.a as on the left-hand side.
Extract from Cologne Skt. online lexicon:
savya
f(%{A})n. (accord. to Un2. iv , 109 fr. %{sU} ;
perhaps for %{skavya} cf. Gk. , col. 3) left
,&360124[1191 ,2] left hand (%{am} , %{e4na} , %{A4}
%{e} , and ibc. , `" on the left "') RV. &c. &c. ;
south , southern (%{am}
&c. , `" to the south "') ,Su1ryas. VarBr2S. ; reverse
, contrary , backward L. ; m. the left arm or hand RV.
Br. Ka1tyS3r. Ya1jn5. ; the left foot , KatyS3r. Gobh.
; one of the ten ways in which an eclipse takes place
VarBr2S.
Could the lexeme 'south' be related to the R.gvedic
'savyatah'? Or is it mere chance?
Regards
Dr. S. Kalyanaraman
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