I am citing from a note received from Stjepan Spanicek; the article is about
Sarasvati River evidence and Croatian proto-history:
(Croatian Literary Newspaper, Quarterly Edition for Literature and Culture,
Karlovac - Zagreb, Croatia, No. 13(32)/Year VII / January - June
1998. Author: Dr. Andrija �eljko Lovri� � Translated by Stjepan Spanicek)
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Mittani (Kurdistan 16 - 12 century BC):
1 - aika, 3 - tera, 4 (?), 5 - panza, 7 - satta, 9 - na, 10 (? - further
unknown).
Vedic (12 - 5 century BC):
1 - eka, 3 - tri, 4 - chatur, 5 - panca, 7 - sapta, 9 - nava, 10 - des, 20 -
dvides, 100 - satem.
Veyska zayk (present in the most archaic Croatian language of the mountainous
villages on Island KRK in the Adriatic Sea - Croatia):
1 - eni, 3 - tari, 4 - cetyre, 5 - pet, 7 - sedaan, 9 - devet, 10 - deset, 20
- dwayset, 100 - stuo. In Sarasvati language there are more important words
which are very similar to Croatian:
bhrata - brat - brother; gatha - ganga, himna - hymn;
bhesha - besjeda - speak,
devas - djeva - girl,
angira - an�eo - angel,
visa - ves, selo - village,
maria - marjan - hero
vaeyah - zavi�aj - homeland... [End Quote]
In reference to Vaeyah, let us see two concordant lexemes from Tamil and
Sanskrit:
vaiyam = earth (Tamil)
vis.aya (Skt.) " to extend "' cf. Pa1n2. 8-3 , 70 Sch.) sphere (of influence
or activity) , dominion , kingdom , territory , region , district , country ,
abode (pl. =lands , possessions)(Online Cologne lexicon)
What would be the IE form of the word representing a 'territory'? The Tamil
form is particularly interesting since it seems to be closer to the Avestan
form, 'vaejo'.
Regards.
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