Alan,
I just did the Sanskrit google out of curiosity and didn't believe that it was some kind of objective truth. Just input to this discussion of a possible meaning.
Speaking a couple of languages myself I don't think that the pronounciation is the proper way to solve this riddle.
F.i. the Viking word for Sword is used in several languages, but with completely different pronounciation (and spelling) in the different Germanic languages (svärd, sverd, schwert, zwaard, sword etc.).
But it's the same root word and has the same meaning. Then we have the different local dialects within the specific language also to consider.
And in some cases spelling, as well as pronounciation, has changed within the same language over time...
Michael
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