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Word	Origins
six	-(number) Indian Sanskrit word for it is *sasha. Spanish seis* derives from it. Hebrew *sheeshah* also derives from it Russian *shesh*t also derives from it.
skate (fish)	Russian skat English skate
skeleton	Russian skelet English skeleton
skip (container)	Russian skip English skip
skipper	Russian skeeper English skipper
sky	-noun Indian Hindi word for it is *aakaash. Hebrew acadsh* ‘holy spirits’ derives from it
sky	Indian Sanskrit aakaasham Hebrew --- Russian nebo English nebular (sky related)
slag	Russian shlak English slag
slat	Russian planka English plank
sleep	-noun Indian Hindi/Urdu word for it is *soanaa. Hebrew sheynah* derives from it.
sleep	-noun Indian Sanskrit word for it is *swap. English sleep* derives from it (*swa* is hard to pronounce. So English simplifies it).
sleep	Indian Sanskrit *svap* English *sleep* --- Indian Hindi sonaa Russian son
sleepiness	-noun Indian Sanskrit word for it is *swap. English sleep*iness derives from it (*swa* is hard to pronounce. So English simplifies it).
sleeping car	Georgian (Kartuli ena) *sadzile vagon*i
sleepy	-adjective Indian Sanskrit word for it is *swap. English sleepy derives from it (swa* is hard to pronounce. So English simplifies it).
slime	Russian sliz English sleaze
sluice	Russian shlyuz English sluice
slumber	Indian Hindi sonaa ‘sleep’ Russian son ‘slumber’
small	-adjective Indian Kannada *chikka* means ‘little’, ‘small’. euskara (Basque) *txiki* (pronounced as *chiki) derives from it. Spanish chico* (pronounced as *chiko) also derives from it. Ladino cheeko* ‘small’ also derives from it. Ladino is the language of Sephardic (wandering) Jews in Europe. Sephardic (pronounced as *Sefar*dic) derives from Indian Hindi/Urdu *safari* ‘travel’
smart	-adjective Indian Sanskrit *samartha* means ‘capable’. English *smart* derives from it.
smock	Russian blooza English blouse
smuggle	Russian kontrbaandoy English
smuggler	Russian kontrbaandeest English
smuggling	Russian kontrbaanda English
snake	-noun Indian Kannada word for it is *haavu. Aramaic (language of Jesus Christ) hivya* ‘snake’ derives from it. King Ashoka of India had Aramaic inscriptions in his stone pillars.
snob	Russian snob English snob
snobbery	Russian snobeezm English snobbery
snobbish	Russian snobeestskiy English snobbish
snorkel	Russian shnorkel English snorkel
snow	Indian Sanskrit himam --- Russian sneg English snow

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