The same root, across a whole language family
These are attested shared morphemes — not coincidences of spelling. Where we are not confident a root is shared, we say nothing and simply list the names.
chrys-
gold (Greek)
Greek
Chrysa, Chrysanthi, Chrysanthia, Chrysanthoula, Chrysavgi, Chryseis, Chrysi, Chrysothemis
aur-
gold (Latin)
Latin, Italian, Spanish
Aurea, Aurelia
zarrin / zar-
gold (Persian)
Persian
Zarina, Zarnish
Every tradition, side by side
Sanskrit 42
Haima Haimalata Harita Hema Hemachandrini Hemadri Hemakalapa Hemakiran Hemakshi Hemakumari Hemalata Hemali Hemamalini Hemamati Hemangi Hemaprabha Hemapriya Hemavathi Hemavati Hiranmayi Hiranya Hiranyakshi Hiranyavati Kanak Kanaka Kanakalata Kanchan Kanchana Kanchanamala Kencana Rukmavati Sonakshi Sonal Sonalee Sonali Sonashri Soundarya Sowparnika Suvarna Swarna Swarnima Tanishka
Greek 22
Mongolian 2
Urdu 1
Kalmyk 1
Kyrgyz 1
Taíno 1
Breton 1
Hungarian 1
Occitan 1
Romanian 1
Yoruba 1
Kannada 1
Spanish 1
Somali 1
Chechen 1
Yiddish 1
Norwegian 1
Old Norse 1
Hawaiian 1
Lao 1
Vietnamese 1
Arabic 1
Russian 1
Croatian 1
Mapuche 1
Ladino 1
Quechua 1
Swedish 1
Khmer 1
Hmong 1
Oromo 1
Ossetian 1
Pashto 1
Kurdish 1
Bosnian 1
Turkish 1
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