el > sū́rya in other Indo-European Languages (3)
Turner’s A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages says Sanskrit word sū́rya means “the sun.” He also lists cognates of sū́rya as found in the other Indo-European languages and dialects:
Pali surya-; Prakrit sujja-; Lahndā and Khetrānī (dialect of Lahndā) suj; Sinhalese sivi; Sindhī sij̄u, siju; Lahndā sijjh; Multānī (dialect of Lahndā) sejj.
The above cognates and the following words related to sū́rya originate from the Tamil root el.
*āsvarita, “sunny.” utsūra, “evening.”