an etymological journey from the Ganges to the Thames ...... (n.b. In this blog, the symbol ♣ is used to mean “is cognate with.”)
मुँह مُنہ ♣ Eng. mute, mystery
[mũ₍h₎], m. the mouth, face.
[◀MIA: Pk. muha- n. ‘mouth, face’; Pa. mukha- m. ‘mouth, face’ ◀OIA múkha- n. ‘mouth, face’ RV., ‘entrance’ MBh. ◀PIE *mū̆- ‘(onomatopoeic) to murmur, hum, moo’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. mute, mystery ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 1081; (Turner, 1966) 10158; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 534; (MW, 1899) 0819; (Pokorny, 1959) 0751; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.360
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