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The etymologies for am and is are wrong. The Sanskrit equivalents, अस्मि and अत्सि, mean, well, “am” and “is”, and all the words descend from PIE roots that don
by Ar-Curunir 5y ago
The etymologies for am and is are wrong. The Sanskrit equivalents, अस्मि and अत्सि, mean, well, “am” and “is”, and all the words descend from PIE roots that don’t mean “breathe”
- shadowfox 5y agoExactly. And the usage of something like "asti" (for "existence" or "being") is at least as old as the Rig Vedas.