I think if you said "proto-indo-european" or PIE then youd avoid debate. Afaiui Sanskrit stems from the same original speech, P.I.E., that European languages stem from. But that doesnt mean that European languages stem from Sanskrit anymore than modern English stems from modern Deutsch (Hochdeutsch or more properly Standarddeutsch). Rather English and Deutsch have a common origin.

OT: I recall that one of the tools for dating divergance of various languages includes determining what words they use for certain key words, such as "cotter-pin", and "ocean", and that other words are used to show that our languages stem from a common ancestor, like "fart". (Which reminds me of how I always get a chuckle on the highways here in Germany when I see the signs marked "Ausfahrt", while I know they mean 'exit' I cant help but think 'out fart' and the mental image of a bunch of drivers doing their best to lay a stinker when they see the sign just makes me crack up.)

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In reply to Re^8: The Germanic language form by demerphq
in thread The Germanic language form by Win

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