kaṇu > gaṇá in other Indo-European Languages (13)
Turner’s A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages says Sanskrit word gaṇá means “troop and flock.” He also puts forward cognates of gaṇá in the other Indo-European languages and dialect:
Pali and Prakrit gaṇa-; Tōrwālī gan; Kashmiri gan = mā̃cha-gan; West Pahāṛī and Bhalesī (dialect of West Pahāṛī) gaṇ; Sinhalese gaṇaya.
The above cognates and the following words related to gaṇá originate from the Tamil root kaṇu.
gaṇáyati, “counts.” guṇáyati, “advises.” gáṇaka, “astrologer.” *gaṇakulika, “belonging to a hive.” *gaṇadhārī, “holding a swarm.” gaṇana, “counting.” gaṇikā, “courtesan.” gaṇita, “counted.” *gāṇya, “counting.” *gr̥nti, “counting.” avagaṇa, “separated from one’s companions.” saṁgaṇikā, “society, the world.”