Re: Mapping the Origins and Expansion of the Indo-European Language

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "shivkhokra" <shivkhokra@...> wrote:

> Thus River Oder is named after Sanskrit Udra meaning an aquatic animal which in sanskrit neuter gender means water. In Polish it is called wydra (read vedra) and in english/german otter (oder).

> Why would European river name(s) have Sanskrit meanings?

Sanskrit, Germanic and Balto-Slavonic.

> Since fundamentals of Germanic could be only understood from Sanskrit...

Greek was also relevant. I'm assuming that Greek and Sanskrit were needed to learn how to reconstruct PIE accent from Balto-Slavonic.

> ...why would these two languages not have a genetic relationship?

Germanic and Sanskrit *are* genetically related. Indo-Iranian and Germanic are different *branches* of Indo-European.

Richard.