Have you heard of any old legend from India?

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A sect of people from Andhra Pradesh state of India say that one of their ancestors visited Europe some 10000 years ago. 

Many cognate words have formed due to the interaction.
Some are given below. The second one is a Telugu word
having the same meaning which is being used for more
than 2000 years:

attic - attaca. 
asset - aasti. 
beat - baadu. 
boat - padava. 
bore - boriya. 
boy - abbayi. 
cavity - guvta.
cattle - goddulu. 
cheek - chekku. 
chin - chunbu. 
cut - kota. 
dull - deela. 
elope - lepuka. 
fat - boddu.
foundation - punaadi. 
gale - gaali. 
lace - allica. 
link - lanke. 
mask - musugu. 
master - mestri. 
mead - metha.
mouth - moothi. 
mud - matti. 
murky - muriki. 
nerve - narav. 
oath - ottu. 
pale - paali. 
pan - penam. 
pap - pappa. 
piece - pisaru. 
put - pettu. 
site - chotu. 
short - chiruta. 
show - choopu. 
slice - cheelchu. 
suck - cheeku. 
surprise - achcheraparachu. 
sweat - chewata.
theft - thoepidi 
thick - dukka. 
thread - thraadu. 
value - viluva. 
veil - valle. 
vomit - vaamthi. 
upon - paina.
with - waththa. 
wonder - winta. 
yean - yeenu.

(1) The god of love in Telugu literature
is called Kaamudu, the word is cognate
with Cupid. 

(2) In some old European drawings, the
Cupid is shown wearing blind-folds.
Gamta, a word which is cognate with
Cupid, means 'blind-folds' in Telugu. 

(3) Cupid is shown shooting arrows in to
hearts of persons to generate love. The
ancient texts of India say that heart is
the seat of love. Gumde, a word which is
cognate with Cupid, means 'heart' in
Telugu.

(4) Cupid is described as a small child.
Gumta, a word which is cognate with
Cupid, means 'a small child' in Telugu.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

While I studied linguistics (that was long, long back) the relation between Sanskrit and Indo Germanic languages was a topic. Though I am not an expert in Telugu, I can say that Telugu is a good mixture of Sanskrit and Prakrit. And Sanskrit comes under Indo Germanic family of Languages or Indo Aryan Family.

The words from Indo Aryan family have developed with a definite pattern. Examples:

"p" became "f" and "th" became "d" ...

pita - father -> 'p' became 'f' and "t" "d"
mata - mother -> 't' became 'd'
bratha - brother - 'bh' became 'b'

There are plenty of patterns like these. Probably you can take a plunge into linguistics.

.

kilroymaster · Answer

There are ten of thousands of ancient legends from India and you should use your search engine to look some of them up............

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