365. serk = repair, mend (JS-361).

Recall that repairing or mending something is putting it in order. Here, note the DR. seed- word sari = to put in order, adjust, the state or condition of being adjusted, fitness, correctness, fit (KTK-1524).

366. serp = to creep (Pei-86); serp = creep (JS-361).

Note that Pei points out that this root gives rise to Greek herpin from which is derived the zoological term herpetology "the study of snakes". The DR. seed-word of this IE root is sara sara (sara reduplicated) = the sound of rustling produced by snakes in leaves, bushes, etc. (2355-Ka). Note also the other DR. seed-words such as sari = to slide, sliding [[as a snake]] (2360-Ka); saras(u) = snake (2359-Konda), srasu = snake (Kui).

Note the important point that in Kannada (both in speech and in literature) a snake’s motion is also denoted by the popularly used word hari, and that this is not stated in group 3963 in DED, where this Kannada word hari is defined merely as to run, flow, moving, running, flowing, etc. (3963-Ka). But that the Kannada people use this word to denote snake’s motion is important to note because this IE root serp, as noted above, has given rise to herpin in Greek. That s of the root serp has become h as in herpin is, of course, due to the phonetic phenomenon of s turning into h in Greek. That the phonetic phenomenon of initial s becoming initial h is there to this day in Dravidian was noted with illustrations earlier in the previous chapter. The fact that not only the word sari (denoting the sound made by the motion of snake), and the word hari (denoting the motion of snake) are there in Dravidian, but the phonetic phenomenon of initial s becoming initial h is there in Dravidian is, of course, according to the fact that Dravidian is the common source of Indo-European for which we have been witnessing the proof all along. In view of the fact that the Indo-European languages have been classified as the centum- languages (the western members Greek, Latin and Irish retain the k sound, while Gothic turns it into h), and the satem-languages (the eastern members Sanskrit, Slavic, Armenian turn k into a sibilant sound), further note that Dravidian also has kere = a kind of harmless snake (2011-Tu); kere = rat snake, whip snake (Ka). Thus, once again Dravidian, as the mother-speech of Indo-European, illustrates that not only she has the related words with initial k sound, but with initial s and initial h sound. Such interconnected phonetic pictures can only exist in a language that has bequeathed her own phonetic birthmarks to her offspring.

367. su, seu, sunu = to bear, bring forth; son (Pei-44-45).

The DR. seed-words are isu = to cause to bring forth (555-Ka); sind = son (2594-Ga). Note in the same group 555 another DR. word inu = to yean (555-Te); notice that this Dravidian word has hardly changed in its phonetic and semantic content compared to the English word yean.

368. seug = sick, sickness (JS-361-62).

The DR. seed-word of this IE root is soku = be caught with disease, be communicated by contagion (2870-Te). Note here that JS points out a Teutonic belief that disease was caused by the sucking of a demon, and that this notion persits in Slavic lands and India, and that he refer to the blood sucking vampire. Here note that the same above noted Telugu word soku also denotes: be possessed (by evil spirits); possess (devil); possession by an evil spirit; an evil spirit (2870-Te), and that in the same group 2870 (with s = ch correspondence in DR.) the corresponding Tamil word choku denotes: vampire, devil, goblin (Ta), and that the Malayalam word choku (in the same group 2870) denotes: demon.

369. ?silva = forest (JS-362).

The DR. seed-word of this IE root is swa.l = jungle (2891-Ko); so.le = jungle with trees (Badaga). With the correspondence between s and ch in DR., note also the other words in the same group 2891 such as chala = grove, sacred grove (Kur); chola = grove (Ma); cholai = grove (Ta).

370. s(i)u = bind, sew, string (JS-362).

Note that JS points out the word sutra = thread, string, used in Sanskrit in the context of this root. Here, note the DR. seed-word sut- = to twine (rope) (2715-Konda). Note some other words in the same group 2715 such as sut- = to wind turban [[to bind the head]] (Kol); suttu = to wear clothe by tying them around the waist (Tu); suttu = to wind, wrap around (Ka). It may also be noted here that the most common word that the Kannada people use to denote needle (which the ancients used to sew with) is suji.

371. (s)kel = curving, crooked (JS-363).

The DR. seed-word of this root is kulavu = curve, bend, to curve, bend (2136-Ta). Note here that the derived Greek word kholon denotes: limb, and that it is a cognate of Dravidian word kal which denotes: leg (1479-Ka; Ta; Ga; etc.).

372. (s)keng = a variant of (s)kel (JS-363).