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  2. Cognate - Wikipedia

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    Likewise, English much and Spanish mucho look similar and have a similar meaning, but are not cognates: much is from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz < PIE *meǵ-and mucho is from Latin multum < PIE *mel-. A true cognate of much is the archaic Spanish maño 'big'. [6]

  3. Cognate object - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, a cognate object (also known as a cognate accusative or an internal accusative [1]) is a verb's object which is etymologically related to the verb. More specifically, the verb is one that is ordinarily intransitive (lacking any object), and the cognate object is simply the verb's noun form.

  4. Cognatic kinship - Wikipedia

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    Such relatives may be known as cognates. See also. Matrilineality; Patrilineality; Hapū ...

  5. False cognate - Wikipedia

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    The term "false cognate" is sometimes misused to refer to false friends, but the two phenomena are distinct. [1] [2] False friends occur when two words in different languages or dialects look similar, but have different meanings. While some false friends are also false cognates, many are genuine cognates (see False friends § Causes). [2]

  6. Indo-European vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    In place of Latin, an Oscan or Umbrian cognate is occasionally given when no corresponding Latin cognate exists. Similarly, a cognate from another Anatolian language (e.g. Luvian, Lycian) may occasionally be given in place of or in addition to Hittite. For Tocharian, both the Tocharian A and Tocharian B cognates are given whenever possible.

  7. Deus - Wikipedia

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    While Latin deus can be translated as and bears superficial similarity to Greek θεός theós, meaning "god", these are false cognates.A true cognate is Ancient Greek Zeus, king of the Olympian gods in Greek mythology (Attic Greek: Ζεύς, romanized: Zeús, Attic Greek: or ; Doric Greek: Δεύς, romanized: Deús, Doric Greek:).

  8. Cognate (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Cognate object, a verb's object that is etymologically related to the verb; Cognate (kinship), person who shares a common ancestor; Cognate linkage, a kinematic linkage that generates the same coupler curve as another linkage of a different geometry; Cognate interaction, in immunology denotes the specific, contact-dependent interaction between ...

  9. Xenolith - Wikipedia

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    To be considered a true xenolith, the included rock must be identifiably different from the rock in which it is enveloped; an included rock of similar type is called an autolith or a cognate inclusion. Xenoliths and xenocrysts provide important information about the composition of the otherwise inaccessible mantle.