el > *lōka in other Indo-European Languages (17)
Turner’s A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages says Sanskrit word *lōka means “light.” He also sets forth cognates of *lōka in other Indo-European languages and dialects:
Pashai and Darrai-i Nūr (dialect of Pashai) Löu; Lauṛowānī (dialect of Pashai) Lōu; Gawar-Bati lōu, lōu-muṭha; Bashkarīk lō; Phalūṛa lōu, lō-múṭ; Shina, Kashmiri and Ḍoḍī (Sirājī of Ḍoḍā, a dialect of Kashmiri in Jammu) lō; Lahndā and Awāṇkārī (dialect of Lahndā) lō; Panjābī lo; West Pahāṛī and Bhalesī (dialect of West Pahāṛī) lo.
All these cognates and the following words related to *lōka originate from Tamil el.
*lōkakāṣṭha, “torch wood; burning wood.” lṓkatē, “sees.” lōkáyati, “shines.” lṓcatē, see lṓkatē. lōcana, “lighting.” lōcáyati, see lṓkatē. *lōciya-, “bright.” *lōcis, “light.” *lōcya, “bright.” lōcyatē, “is caused to shine.” avalōka, “seeing.” avalōkita, “looked at.” ālōka, “brightness, splendour.” ālōcayatē, “makes see or brings before one’s own consciousness.” *pralōka, “light.” *pralōkayati, “looks at.”