How Myth shaped the meaning of a Word (Part-2)
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| Tree (forest) (“temple”, “abode” of spirits gods).
Good spirit (creator god). God (deity, Almighty). Creator Good |
Puno (tree, Filipino language) Pinho (pine, Portuguese) Pangu (Chinese mythology) Pun (Puan, Tuan-Puan, Austronesian languages) Panompa (Simalungun language) Puna (historically important good, Finnish language) |
Bor (pine, Croatian) Bir (Bor, forest, Ukrainian language) Beri-Bera (Georgian mythology) Burkhan (Mongolian language) Boreh (Hebrew language) Brahma (Sanskrit language) Ber (Alur language) |
Tall (pine, Swedish) Tal (willow, Kazakh and Tatar languages) Talnik (riverside forest, Ukrainian language) Tilo (Tsonga creator god, African mythology) Tala (Almighty, Papua Highlands, Trans-New Guinean language family) Talapaglalang (Kapampangan language) Tolo (Tala, Grande language – Banda) |
Sihlahla (tree, Swati language) Sallāko rūkha (pine, Nepali language) Silva (forest, Latin) Solala (Bantu mythology) Silla (Sille, deity – Oromo language) Sol (Sun god, Latin) Saule (Baltic mythology – Lithuanian and Latvian) Asal (Nepali language) |
| Egg (embryo, seed) | Piṇḍaṁ (Telugu language) | Bâr (Bar, seed, Farsi language) | Telu (Iban language) | Salu (egg laid, Tatar language) |
| Axe (chisel) | Paan (Newari language) | Barda (Ukrainian language) | Talt and Taltta (chisel, Estonian and Finnish) | Selepe (Sepedi language) |
| Sky (height, firmament) | Peninggi (Iban language) | Berzaîî (Kurdish – Sorani) | Tilo (Tsonga language) | Sielo (Venetian) Sila (firmament, Greenlandic) |
| Hand(s) (shoulder) | Poun (Chuukese) | Bara (Batak-Toba) | Taluh (Sanskrit) | Salangga (shoulder, Macedonian) |
| Head (crown) | Pen (Welsh) | Bōrān (Marshallese) | Tale (Kannada) | Isala (crown, Fijian) |
| Body (torso, rib cage with spine) | Puɔny (Nuer) | Buar (Ossetian) | Telo (Serbian) | Sule (Sull, rib cage with spine, Old High/Low Saxon) |
| Leg(s) | Panya (Konkani) | Bhari (Assamese) | Tielo (Luo) | Sali (Pangasinan) |
| Soil (earth) | Pinnas (Estonian) | Borozna (Ukrainian) | Talaj (Hungarian) | Solum (Latin) |
| Eye | Panon (Sundanese) | Ber (Avar) | Ixtiyol (Huastec Nahuatl) | Sùil (Scottish Gaelic) |
| Sun | Panonpoé (Sundanese) | Ber (Korva – India) | Tile (Gyula) | Sol (Latin) |
| Moon | Pún (Cantonese) Po (Kekchi) |
Boran (Scottish Gaelic) | Tall (Kokborok) | Selíni (Greek) |
| Wind (breath) | Pangisnawa (Kampungan) | Burya (Ukrainian) Breeze (English) |
Tuul (Estonian) Töl (Udmurt) |
Silaytu (Afar) |
| Cloud (mist) | Panganod (Cebuano) | Abar (Dari) | Taol (frog, mist, Breton) | Zilla (Arabic) |
| Water (rain, liquid) | Pani (Assamese) | Boroo (rain, Buryat) | Tala (ice water, Ukrainian) | Seela (liquid, Sepedi) Şle (liquid, Kurdish – Sorani) |
| River (stream) | Pani (Romani) | Brook (English) Brid (shallow part, Ukrainian) |
Talu (Dravidian) | Salog (Waray) |
| Evil spirit (destroyer, devil) | Pan; Penia (Greek mythology) Pangano (Toba-Batak) Piunngi (Inuktut) Pinas (Pinčiukas, Lithuanian) |
Birdu (Mesopotamian) Brontes (Greek mythology) Breaker (English) Bari (Urdu) Boruta (Polish) |
Teles; Telchines (Greek mythology) Tall-Maja (Swedish mythology) Tlasosolojketl (Huastec Nahuatl) Tālih (Arabic) Tul (Tulty, Chuvash) |
Šulak; Shala; Shulman (Mesopotamian) Slayer (English) Sual (Mizo) Šolmos (Buryat) |
