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ve˜
(Te.), To go.
OE. wendan,
D. and G. wenden, E. wend.
If the root
meaning of ‘wend’ is to turn, the verb
should be
derived from val (T.) to turn.
Owing to the
unacquaintance of the compilers with Tamil,
the etymology of several English words given
in the
dictionaries is only plausible.
For instance,
it would have been better, if ‘dine’ were
derived from tin (T.), to eat, instead of
from ‘disjejunare’, and
‘derive’, from tiri (T.), to derive, instead
of from ‘derivus’.
Many vocables,
which are still in the onomatopoetic and
indeclinable
stage in Tamil, have become perfect words in
West Aryan language. e.g.
| Tamil
|
West
Aryan |
| tara
tara |
E.
tear (OHG. zerr). |
| pa˜iccu
. |
E
flash |
| šalakku |
L.
and E.saliva, Gk.sailor
R.slin, Gael. and Ir.seile |
| kokkokk† |
E.
cock |
| ša——u |
E.
sudden |
| pa˜ƒr |
E.
blow |
| vir |
E.
whir |
la˜ap(T.),
is an onom. sound expressive of dog's licking up with
its tongue.
AS. lapian, ME. lappen, E. lap, Gk. lapto,
W. llepio, Ice. lepja,
Dan. labe, OHG. laffan, L. lambere.
English Auxiliary Verbs
| Tamil |
English |
| iru,
to be |
are,
is |
kava,
kavavu, to contain, to have have
kƒn,
to know, to be able to do. can
p‡,
to come into being, to exist. be
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