Given this half-joking tweet, lets actually do honest work 😀& check out claimed provenance of PIE *ḱorkeh₂ as origin of शर्करा [Samskritam] which then spread globally as sugar,azucar, zucker etc
However, why is the PIE word determined as Korka/Kroka?
What is the basis?
Lets look at ancient Greek words (attic) mentioned as the ‘basis’ of the PIE word k̑orkā
κρόκη & κροκάλη have ONE of the meanings being pebble- other meaning being thread/woof
But its κρέκω NOT κρόκη
Whats the logic for chosing k̑orkā here & NOT k̑rokā
Whats the validity?
As far as कृशन is concerned, there doesn’t seem to be any basis to the Wiktionary claim if ‘pearls’ & Sarkara
What is the connection to Sarkara & kṛśana ?
God only knows
Now if attic κρόκη & κροκάλη can be claimed as basis, why NOT so-called “Dravidian” roots?
Let us look at non-Indo European words for ‘gravel’
Voila !
There is the ProtoDravidian {*čar- } GRAVEL😀
Tamil-caracara (-pp-, -tt-)
Mal. -caral, carakkallu
Kannada-caralu
Tulu-caraṭè
Even the Telugu ‘garusu’ sounds similar to Sharkara - k̑orkā - Karakara !
Why aren’t we referring to these ‘Dravidian’ words / etymology when talking about etymology of Sarkara?
Why is it only the “Indo-European” / PIE ?
Why are we closing certain lines of explorations?
Now lets look at the traditional Samskrita etymology of शर्करा
शॄ-करन् कस्य नेत्वम् via Unadi Sutra ४।३
Gravel in संस्कृतम् uses two similar words शर्करा & कर्कर !
Gravelly mould (शर्करा) is defined as कर्करसहिता मृत्
कर्कर -hard/solid/firm
चूर्णजनकक्षुद्रपाषाणखण्डम् !
Also, as mentioned by @sudarshanhs महोदयः, करक।करका also means ‘hailstones’ in Samskritam
So there is a sense of ‘pebbles’, ‘hard’, ‘stones’ here for the terms कर्कर or करक which is also suspiciously similar to ‘Dravidian’ caracara, caral, caralu etc
Agree ✅
-Linguistics is valid
-Grouping into ‘families’-reasonable
-Borrowing words between languages quite common
-Genes don’t code for language. Genetics show movement of people, not necessarily languages
-‘Dravidian’ languages have large % root words different from संस्कृतम्
Issues ❌
PIE linguistics deployed to claim
-Aryans invaded/migrated to India, defeated Dravidians, brought संस्कृतम्/Vedas here
-Aryan & Dravidian fundamentally 2 different people & culture based on language
If linguists believe the above, then should debate the reasons
Samskritam has one of the largest repositories of Drama & stage productions. Right from भरतमुनिः who wrote नाट्यशास्त्रम्, the treasures within संस्कृतम् is amazing
Here is a collation of traditional & modern नाटकानि in संस्कृतम्।