ampu > áp in other East Indo-European Languages (10)
Turner’s A Comparative Dictionary of the East Indo-Aryan Languages says Sanskrit word áp means “water.” He also lists the cognates of áp in other East Indo-European languages:
Pali āpō, āpa-; Prakrit āu-; Ashkun abṓ, ābu; Kati ā́wə; Waigāli Āw; Prasun ā́wə; Dameli âu; Gawar-Bati aṷ; Bihāri āpā; Panjābī accharā̃; Old Awadhī āchari; Marāṭhī āsre; Gujarātī dīv.
All these cognates and the following words related to Sanskrit áp originate from the Tamil root ampu.
ā́paḥ, waters. ápya, being in water ā́pya-, living in water, belonging to water. apsarás, one of the female divinities connected with water. dvīpá, land, island. nīpá, situated low, deep. prāpiya, land abounding in water. anūpá, pond. anūpyà, being in ponds or bogs.