Progress Of Indic Languages Vs English

[Bharatvarsh]

I noticed "maananeeya" in Bodhi's post in TSP thread, this means honourable/venerable, this is interesting because in Old Telugu Mannana means respect (now Gauravam is used) and Mannimpu is forgiveness, in Tamizh Mannan becomes leader I think (eg: Tamizhmannan) and Mannimpu is forgiveness.

These words in Telugu are supposed to be "Dravidian" but they bear close similarity to Sanskrit Maanam (Honour).

I have been noticing numerous words supposed to be Telugu (i.e not derived from Sanskrit) that have parallels in Sanskrit or other North languages.

Examples include:

1) Kukka (dog) = Kuttha (dog)
2) Matti/Mannu (soil) = Mitti (soil)
3) Pasaramu (animal in old Telugu) = Pasu (animal in skt)
4) Karri (black/dark in Telangana dialect) = Kaaru (black in Gujarati)

I have noticed other words also but forget now.