Common name for some animals in ie languages, curious if there are other words like this.
Like, for example, word for mouse in some ie languages sounds like they have common origin:
- Germanic Languages: English (mouse), German (Maus), Dutch (muis), and Scandinavian languages like Danish and Swedish (mus).
- Slavic Languages: Russian and Ukrainian (myša), Polish (mysz), and Croatian/Serbian (miš).
- Indo-Iranian Languages: Sanskrit and Hindi (mūṣa / mūs), Persian (mişk).
- Classical Languages: Latin (mūs), Ancient Greek (mῦs)
Similarly, the word for snake also seem to have similarities:
- Latin: serpens (which led to English serpent)
- Sanskrit: sarpá (सर्प - meaning snake)
- Ancient Greek: hérpō (ἕρπω - to crawl)
Do you know more words like these?