• jxk@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    This is a pet peeve of mine, but no. All three words forlorn (English), verloren (Dutch), and verloren (German) have the same origin, but none derive from another.

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      1 month ago

      If I remember correctly, words that are basically linguistic cousins are called cognates