How close is English to Pali? If you look at the etymological pages in wiktionary, for English words, it often includes a "Proto-Indo-European" root, and sometimes mentions Sanksrit too. Take e.g. 'mad'
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mad#Etymology
> From Middle English mad, madde, madd, medd, from Old English ġemǣdd,
> ġemǣded (“enraged”), past participle of ġemǣdan, *mǣdan (“to make
> insane or foolish”), from Proto-Germanic *maidijaną (“to change;
> damage; cripple; injure; make mad”), from Proto-Germanic *maidaz
> ("weak; crippled"; compare Old English gemād (“silly, mad”), Old High
> German gimeit (“foolish, crazy”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (gamaiþs,
> “crippled”)), **from Proto-Indo-European *mey- ("to change"**; compare Old
> Irish máel (“bald, dull”), Old Lithuanian ap-maitinti (“to wound”),
> **Sanskrit मेथति (méthati, “he hurts, comes to blows”**)).
Is there anywhere I can read about Pali as a language that has influenced the etymon, development, of English today?
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