an etymological journey from the Ganges to the Thames ...... (n.b. In this blog, the symbol ♣ is used to mean “is cognate with.”)
आँधी آندھی ♣ Eng. umbrella, somber
[ā̃dʰī], f. a dust storm, strong wind.
[◀MIA: Pa. andhikā- f. ‘night’ ◀OIA andhikā- f. ‘night’ lex. <andhá- ‘blind’ RV., n. ‘darkness’ MBh., °ka- Pañcat. ◀PIE *andho- ‘blind, dark’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. umbrella, somber ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0091; (Turner, 1966) 390, 385; (MW, 1899) 0045, 0044; (Pokorny, 1959) 0041; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.078
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