user-1: How close is English to Pali? If you look at the etymological pages in wiktionary, for English words, it often includes a "Proto-Indo-European" root, and sometimes mentions Sanksrit too. Take e.g. 'mad'
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mad#Etymology

From Middle English mad, madde, madd, medd, from Old English ġemǣdd,
ġemǣded (“enraged”), past participle of ġemǣdan, *mǣdan (“to make
insane or foolish”), from Proto-Germanic *maidijaną (“to change;
damage; cripple; injure; make mad”), from Proto-Germanic *maidaz
("weak; crippled"; compare Old English gemād (“silly, mad”), Old High
German gimeit (“foolish, crazy”), Gothic  (gamaiþs,
“crippled”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- ("to change"; compare Old
Irish máel (“bald, dull”), Old Lithuanian ap-maitinti (“to wound”),
Sanskrit मेथति (méthati, “he hurts, comes to blows”)).

Is there anywhere I can read about Pali as a language that has influenced the etymon, development, of English today?

user471: You can find this info on the wikipedia page for Indo-European Languages in the form of a family tree below, with Pali and English highlighted with a yellow box.
Legend:

Green: Language still in use
Red: Language extinct
White: Categories

English is a Germanic language, while Pali is an Indo-Iranian language. Both come under the major family of Indo-European languages.

Credits: Modified from this image

-1: <p>How close is English to Pali? If you look at the etymological pages in wiktionary, for English words, it often includes a &quot;Proto-Indo-European&quot; root, and sometimes mentions Sanksrit too. Take e.g. 'mad'</p>
<p><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mad#Etymology" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mad#Etymology</a></p>
<blockquote>
<p>From Middle English mad, madde, madd, medd, from Old English ġemǣdd,
ġemǣded (“enraged”), past participle of ġemǣdan, *mǣdan (“to make
insane or foolish”), from Proto-Germanic *maidijaną (“to change;
damage; cripple; injure; make mad”), from Proto-Germanic *maidaz
(&quot;weak; crippled&quot;; compare Old English gemād (“silly, mad”), Old High
German gimeit (“foolish, crazy”), Gothic  (gamaiþs,
“crippled”)), <strong>from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (&quot;to change&quot;</strong>; compare Old
Irish máel (“bald, dull”), Old Lithuanian ap-maitinti (“to wound”),
<strong>Sanskrit मेथति (méthati, “he hurts, comes to blows”</strong>)).</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Is there anywhere I can read about Pali as a language that has influenced the etymon, development, of English today?</p>
 471: <p>You can find this info on the wikipedia page for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-European_languages" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Indo-European Languages</a> in the form of a family tree below, with Pali and English highlighted with a yellow box.</p>
<p>Legend:</p>
<ul>
<li>Green: Language still in use</li>
<li>Red: Language extinct</li>
<li>White: Categories</li>
</ul>
<p>English is a Germanic language, while Pali is an Indo-Iranian language. Both come under the major family of Indo-European languages.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.imgur.com/7rdqWEJ.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/LNwb7.png" alt="Indo-European Languages family tree" /></a></p>
<p>Credits: Modified from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-European_languages#/media/File:IndoEuropeanTree.svg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this image</a></p>
