aruvi > ri > lī > vilīyatē in other East Indo-European Languages (5)

    Turner’s A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages says Sanskrit word vílīyatē means “is dissolved, melts.” The word vílīyatē is derived from the root , meaning “melt.” He also gives cognates of vílīyatē in other East Indo-European languages and dialects:

Pali vilīyati; Prakrit vilijjaï; Ashkun and Waigalī wili-; Kati wəlī-; Pashai and Lauṛowānī dialect of Pashai wəl-; Kalasha and Rumbūr dialect of Kalasha bilī́u; Shina bĭližóĭki̯; Nepāli bilinu; Oṛiyā bilijibā; — Prakrit vilāi; Gypsy and Hungarian dialect of European Gypsy bilal; Greek dialect of European Gypsy biláno; Dameli bilāy-; Shina bilā̆ǰoiki, bilādo; Kumaunī bilāṇo; Nepāli bilāunu; Old Awadhī bilāi; Hindi bilānā.

All these cognates and the following words related to vilīyatē originate from the Tamil root aruvi.

prālēya, produced by melting. vilayana, melting, dissolution. vilāpayati, dissolves, melts. vilīna-, dissolved.

English words derived from Tamil aruvi connoting 'river'