an etymological journey from the Ganges to the Thames ...... (n.b. In this blog, the symbol ♣ is used to mean “is cognate with.”)
सात سات ♣ Eng. seven, September
[sāt], adj. num. 7 (seven).
[◀MIA: Pk. Pa. satta ‘seven’ ◀OIA saptá ‘seven’ RV. ◀PIE *septm̥ ‘seven’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. seven ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. September, septet, hepta- ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0621; (Turner, 1966) 13139; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 673; (MW, 1899) 1149; (Pokorny, 1959) 0909; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.700
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