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The mother of most European languages is called Indo-European. The 2 answers following this one are completely incorrect. the similarities between English and Sanskrit are because both languages have a common ancester. Sanskrit is the cousin of English, not the mother.

The similarities between English and Latin/Greek are for the same reason, plus English borrowed an extensive number of words from Latin and Greek.

Incorrect answer:

All European languages are believed have been originated from the Sanskrit language.

There are many Asian languages which also have been originated from Sanskrit like Nepali, Hindi, Marathi, Bihari, Bangladeshi etc.

Even English is said to have come from Sanskrit

Example:

Maataar - mother

pitaar - father

bhraataar - Brother

Svasaar - Sister

Nou - Navy

Nava - New

Navgatih - Navigation

naamaan - Name

maa - me

mam - mine

shaant - silent

gyaamti - geometry

trikonmiti - trigonometry

lamba - long

nikat - near

Shatakam - Six

tvam - thou

croor - Cruel

navaan - new

Ashtak - Eight

Panchgat - Pentagon

tri - three

eka - equal

and many other examples.

Incorrect answer:

English is said to be derived from Latin and greek and it is believed that they originated from Sanskrit and so did English.

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