15 Similar Words in Sanskrit and English

15 Similar Words in Sanskrit and English

There are lots of words that are common to Sanskrit and English languages. Some of these words match in their pronunciation due to Deutsch influence on English language. Like the ‘d’ letter in German word ‘kind’ will be pronounced as ‘kint’ in English. So, here I present a list of 15 such similar words in Sanskrit and English.

List of Similar words in Sanskrit and English

New नवः
Tooth दन्तः
Mouth मुखं
Eye अक्षि
Mid मध्यः
Medium मध्यमः
Utter उच्चर्
Tree तरूः
Three त्रि
Six षष्
Seven सप्तन्
Eight अष्टन्
Nine नवन्
It एतद्
Right ऋतं

7 thoughts on “15 Similar Words in Sanskrit and English”

  1. I am ready to give at least 60words in english directly borrowed from sanskrit. For Ex.
    vocabulary in english was borrowed from vaagvaikhary of sanskrit,Brother in english from bhraathru of sanskrit ,hasta in sanskrit became hand in english,Nasika became NOSE,Maathru became mother,pithara became Father in english,

  2. Following are similar words in english also

    SANSKRIT ENGLISH

    Gurukulam Curriculum
    talavikshan television
    Bandhu Bond
    Agni Igneous/ ignite
    angar anger
    Upari Upper

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