Quote Originally Posted by Deltacamelately View Post
Matt,

You can also see the association if you add the Sanskrit equivalents.

Sanskrit-Farsi-German-English:

bhrata - baradar - brüder - brother
dohitre - dokhtar - tochter - daughter (-gh formerly pronounced like -gh in van Gogh)
matre - madar - mütter - mother
petre - pedar - vater - father
And Russian as well!

Sanskrit-Farsi-German-English-Russian:

bhrata - baradar - brüder - brother - брат (braht)
dohitre - dokhtar - tochter - daughter - дочь (doch)
matre - madar - mütter - mother - мать (mat' - with "soft" t)