The Indo-European names for "world"

The world is the place illuminated by the sun: it is what we see. The following names for "world" arise from a root meaning "bright, shining, beautiful, the sun".

Ārkisosi (Tokharian). Base ark- shining:

Hindi	ark	sun
Hindi	arkši	flamme
Tokharian A	ārki	white
Georgian	arki	birch
Berber	urki	birch
Armenian	arcat`	silver
Tokharian	ārkisosi	world

Dinya (Kurdish: Sorani). Base d-n:

Sanskrit	dinam	day
Lettish	diena	day
Latin	Diana	goddess of the moon and of hunting
Romanian	Zana	Diana; dzâna witch
Kurdish: Sorani	dinya	world
Russian	den	day, Polish dzien'
Serbocroatian	dān	day, daylight

Domhan (Gaelic Ireland). Base d-v:

Breton	deviñ	to burn
Sanskrit	dhavalā	white, to shine
Sanskrit	Dyava	personification of the sky
Czech	dive	marvel, miracle
Polish	dziw	marvel
Welsh	Duw	god
Gaelic Ireland	domhan	world

Elfydd (Welsh). See Allah.

Kósmos (Greek). Base k-s to shine (see also Kassiopè):

Aramaic	kaysa	to shine
Aramaic	kasu	glitter
Khinalug	xaš	moon
Greek	Kassandra	the most beautiful daughter of Priam
French (dialectal)	cassanèl	pretty
French (dialectal)	acassà	pretty
Kurdish	kasīl	beautiful
Persian: Sivand	xās	beautiful
Kurdish: Sorani	xoš	beautiful, good
Greek	kósmos	ornament, world

Locus (Roman), borrowing, see Lokas.

Lokas (Sanskrit). Rot l-k:

Greek	leukos	shining, clear
Latin (borrowed from Greek)	lux	light
Sanskrit	lokas	world; Thai (from Skr.) lok
Latin(borrowing)	locus	world
Italian	lucore, lucciare	splendor

Lume (Romanian). Base l-m:

Arabic	lāmi	gleaming
Romanian	lume	light, world
French	lumière	light
Gaelic Ireland	laom	lightning
Gaelic Ireland	laomtha	shining, splendid
English	leam	glitter

Mir (Bulgarian, Russian). Base m-r:

Hebrew	mer	to shine
Bulgarian	mir	monde
Guez	amir	day
Old Persian	amiran	genius of light
Persian	mihr	sun
Dravidian	miru	glittering
Canarese	mirugu	to shine
Greek	amarygēs	shining
Basque	margo	shining
German	morgen	morning
Lithuanian	mirgu	to shine

Monde (French), mondo (Italien), mundo (Spanish, Portuguese). Base m-nd, m-nt shining, pure, beautiful:

German	mond	moon
French	monde	world
Italian	mondo	Italian mondo world, pure
Spanish	mundo	world
Portuguese	mundo	Portuguese mundo world, pure
Etruscan	Munthu	goddess of ornament

Romanian

măndru

superb

Romanian	pămănt	world (formed with the Slavic
particle pa, and not from Latin pavimentum, the world is not made of paving stones)

Mondo (Italian), see monde.

Mundo (Portuguese, Spanish), see monde.

Munthu (Etruscan). Goddess of ornament. See monde.

Pămănt (Romanian), see monde.

Pasaulis (Lithuanian), see next word.

Saoghal, Saol (Gaelic Ireland). From a base s-l clear, shining:

Georgian	zeli	clear
Sumerian	zalam	sun
Kurdish: Sorani	siley	morning
Ethiopia: Harrar	silbi	rufous, velvety
Berber	cellan	spark
Guanche	zeloy	sun
Berber: Kabyle	azal	heat of the sun
Berber: Shihla	azal	daylight
Berber	ahel	day
Berber	zill	to light; beautiful
Basque	ziller	silver
Lettish	žilbinos	shining, dazzling
German	silber	English silver
Guanche	zelo	sky
Guanche	cel	to light
Etruscan	Cel, Cilens	god of hell
Modern Greek	sélas	dawn, brightness, light
Modern Greek	selagin	spark
Ancient Greek	sigalónei	(metathesis) glossy
Ancient Greek	selekiou	a phosphorescent fish
Ancient Greek	selēnē	moon
Modern Greek	selini iris	rainbow
Albanian	çelë	pale
Romanian	ţel	white
Lettish	salma	hoarfrost
Lettish	salt	to freeze
Swedish	sol	sun
Gaelic Ireland	solas	light etc.
Gaelic Ireland	saol	world, life, time
Gaelic Ireland	saoghal	world
Old English	sael	time, season, fortune, happiness
Old Norse	saell	happy
Old English	solace	Franch consolation
Italian	sole	sun, beauty, virtue
Italian: V.Verzasca	söli	beautiful
Spanish	sol	English sun
French	soleil	sun
Basque	xolea	blaze
Italian: V.Verzasca	zeller	sun
Etruscan	sela, usil	sun
Russian	sálice	sun
Lithuanian	saulé	sun
Lithuanian	pasaulis