>Sanskrit just seems to be a close enough derivation of PIE to shed invaluable light over the kernel meaning of the elements of these languages. Sanskrit is on

>Sanskrit just seems to be a close enough derivation of PIE to shed invaluable light over the kernel meaning of the elements of these languages. Sanskrit is one of the languages that was used by comparativists to reconstructed PIE. Trying to use Sanskrit "to shed invaluable light over the kernel meaning of the elements of these languages" is no better than using those languages to shed light over Sanskrit. >'Evidence': vid, veda, vitti, vidura, vidvas, vidyā... 'Modern': mā, mātrā, medhā... 'Linguistics': lal, lalanā... 'There': tar-hi... 'No': an... That's not evidence of anything.