Eastern Origins of English

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 EASTERN ORIGINS


Urdu suraj 

  sun 

 

  spark


Lithuanian
Perkunas

 of ENGLISH







Bosnian uzak “narrow”

 

  ford

  Persian and Urdu پل pul “bridge”

    

 salve

 








Ossetian царв

 tsarv “butter”

 Persian مرز marz           

  marches (borderland)

   

  Pashto waṛən 

wool 

     

Bosnian deset 

ten 

    

  honey

  Hindi kanak “gold”

    

 

 Hindi vir “lord”

  werewolf






    

 Persian modar     

mother

       

   harvest

 





  Punjabi ਕਿਰਪਾਨ kirpan “dagger”

   

   horn

     

Persian      

sorna         

  barrow 

   

Balochi برزئه borza 

 

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