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Words that look or sound alike, but are not related
False cognates are pairs of words that seem to be cognates because of similar sounds or spelling and meaning, but have different etymologies; they can
False_cognate
Words inherited by different languages
In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymological ancestor in a
Cognate
Words in two languages that sound similar but have very different meanings
face a false friend when learning the other. Sometimes, presumably both senses were present in the common ancestor language, but the cognate words took
False_friend
Popular, but false belief about word origins
Chinese word for "crisis" Eggcorn Etymological fallacy Etymology False cognate False friend Just-so story Linguistic interference List of proposed etymologies
False_etymology
Topics referred to by the same term
origin False cognates, words that appear to be cognates, but are not Cognate object, a verb's object that is etymologically related to the verb Cognate (kinship)
Cognate_(disambiguation)
relationship: cognates, false cognates, false friends, and modern loanwords. Cognates are words that have a common etymological origin. False cognates are words
List of English–Spanish interlingual homographs
List_of_English–Spanish_interlingual_homographs
Salutation of Italian origin
Hawaiian, dorud (bedrud) in Persian, and chào in Vietnamese (the last is a false cognate; the two words are not linguistically related despite sounding similar
Ciao
Brazilian indigenous worldview figure
coincidental similarities, but this is an instance of folk etymology and false cognate. Black hunters in Brazil "naturally" reinterpreted Anhanga in terms
Anhangá
Surname list
course of assimilating among other cultures: "Segal" and "Segel" are false cognates to Siegel, usually having derived from Latin America, where the double
Siegel
no longer in use. Some word pairs that appear similar are actually false cognates of unrelated origins. Look up ありがとう in Wiktionary, the free dictionary
List of Japanese words of Portuguese origin
List_of_Japanese_words_of_Portuguese_origin
Species of carnivore
the skunks. Coincidentally, its local name sigung in Sundanese is a false cognate to skunk which is of Algonquian origin. Sunda stink badgers have a similar
Sunda_stink_badger
East Slavic language
Ukrainian language which is based on the Kyiv–Poltava dialect has a plethora of false friends with the standard Russian language which is based on the dialect
Ukrainian_language
before names of days of the week, as in Dé hAoine, "Friday"), is a false cognate: it derives from Latin dies, which is from Proto-Italic *djēm, PIE *dyḗws
English_loanwords_in_Irish
Errors common in Dutch English
on the wrong syllables, and the meaning of words, so-called false friends and false cognates. Former Dutch ambassador and prime minister Dries van Agt supposedly
Dunglish
term sant is a Sanskrit word "which differs significantly from the false cognate, 'saint'..." Traditionally, "sant" referred to devotional Bhakti poet-saints
Hindu_sants
Study of the origin and evolution of words
history defines its meaning False cognate – Words that look or sound alike, but are not related False etymology – Popular, but false belief about word origins
Etymology
Word with several meanings
Look up feckless in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Minced oath Cognate False cognate Hiberno-English – Turns of phrase Profanity Vulgarism "feck – definition
Feck
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reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Kovalyov
Bound bundle of wooden rods, sometimes with an axe
de Rovroy, when translating Frontinus' Stratagems, was deceived by a false cognate, and thought fasces referred to ribbons that Roman magistrates would
Fasces
Surname list
reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Kowalski
Arabic surname
reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Haddad
In linguistics, a commonly seen sequence of sounds meaning "mother" and "father"
In linguistics, mama and papa are considered a special case of false cognates. In many languages of the world, sequences of sounds similar to /mama/ and
Mama_and_papa
Norwegian cheese
on the origin of the Norwegian name. The most likely is that it is a false cognate in Norwegian of the Dutch Nagelkaas, which translates to "nail cheese"
Nøkkelost
Family name
surname Broun/Broon/Brown, which are all pronounced similarly. The German cognates are associated with the much more common Continental personal name Bruno
Brown_(surname)
Family name
reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Smith_(surname)
Hebrew word and greeting
(bedrud), the Indian namaste, the Italian ciao and the Vietnamese chào (a false cognate of ciao; the two words are not linguistically related despite sounding
Shalom
Japanese confection variants
Kit Kats in Japan is believed to have benefited from the coincidental false cognate with "Kitto Katsu", a phrase meaning "You will surely win" in Japanese
Kit_Kats_in_Japan
Topics referred to by the same term
aesthetics Alma (disambiguation) Alms, charity given to the poor; a false cognate of the word agalma Amalgam (disambiguation) This disambiguation page
Agalma
Words with the same historical origin
("insurance contract") is an unrelated, homographic and homophonous false cognate. sky, hide, hut, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- "to cover
Doublet_(linguistics)
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Persian امید (ômêd) and also signifying "hope", is most likely to be a false cognate with Umut. In Turkey, Umut was ranked as the 21st most commonly given
Umut
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reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Ferrari_(surname)
Baby camelid
guanaco. The term comes from the Spanish word cría, meaning "baby". Its false cognate in English, crya (pronounced /ˈkraɪə/), was coined by British sailors
Cria
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German–Yiddish Braun Braune Brauner Brawner Romance Castanho Castaño Lebrun/Le Brun Maron Marron Marrone Pardo False cognates Brunn, Brunne, Brunner, Bruner
Marrone
Surname list
reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Faur
English dialects in Quebec, Canada
infinitive) False cognates or faux-amis (NS): This practice is quite common, so much so that those who use them abundantly insist that the false cognate is the
Quebec_English
Type of bound morpheme
("behind") + land ("land"). A loanword may have one part misanalysed to a false cognate: e.g. a taffrail is a type of rail, but the word comes from Dutch tafereel
Cranberry_morpheme
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reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Schmidt_(surname)
Surname list
reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Kovács
Persian word for God
tales of Kayanian dynasty as found in the Shahnameh derive. It is a false cognate of the English word "God". Semi-religious usage appears, for example
Khuda
Sacred site and oracle of Ancient Greece
"Delphoi" is not actually related to "Delphus" but only seems so (see false cognate). The etymology of "dolphin" is fairly standard. "All three versions
Delphi
Variety of Cantonese spoken in Malaysia
Malay tolong 啲飲 di4 jam4 Keep Quiet 收聲 sau1 seng1 From Malay diam. False cognate of Hokkien tiâm (恬) 呔也 taai1 jaa2 Tyre 輪胎 leon4 toi1 From English tyre
Malaysian_Cantonese
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reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Herrera_(surname)
Surname list
reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Ferreira_(surname)
Word that would appear to have a related word but does not
Cranberry morpheme Defective verb – other form of lexical gap Eggcorn False cognate Fossilization (linguistics) Polarity item Words not attested or very
Unpaired_word
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reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Lefebvre
Latin for "god" or "deity"
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
Deus
Surname list
Kucher Kucherov Kucherenko Kucherevskyi Kuczer Mashtalir Woźnica Wozniacki Woźniak Vozniak Voznyak Yamshchikov False cognates Kučera Kucsera Kutschera
Kutscher
Philippine water buffalo
coincidental, and they do not share a common etymology — an example of a false cognate. The oldest evidence of water buffalo discovered in the Philippines
Carabao
Group of Ethiopian Jews who converted to Christianity
over the use of the term Faras Muqra and its derivatives, and based on false cognate, it was given the Hebrew meaning Falashim Mumarim "converted Falashas"
Falash_Mura
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reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Kovach_(surname)
Term used within Cambodian place names
Old Khmer kaṃvaṅ, referring to an inclination in geography. It is a false cognate of the Malay: kampung. The term kampong has been widely used in Cambodia
Kampong_(Cambodia)
Truth-exemplar in Indian religions
Pali: atthi). "Sant" is sometimes translated as "saint", but this is a false cognate (there is no etymological commonality) as "sant" is derived from the
Sant_(religion)
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reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Smythe
Surname list
Kucher Kucherov Kucherenko Kucherevskyi Kuczer Mashtalir Woźnica Wozniacki Woźniak Vozniak Voznyak Yamshchikov False cognates Kučera Kucsera Kutschera
Woźniak
has cognates in many other Germanic languages. Shit: The word "shit" did not originate as an acronym for "Ship High in Transit", a label falsely said
List of common false etymologies of English words
List_of_common_false_etymologies_of_English_words
Surname list
reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Herrero
Genus of spiders
species name is from Latin nitida "shining", "handsome", or "neat" (a false cognate). "Salticidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved
Rarahu
Surname list
reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Kovalenko
Name list
reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Eisen
Surname list
"sandal-maker": HaSandlar, Papoutsis, Sandler / Sendler Skujenieks Suutari Kingsepp Varga Csizmadia False cognates Scheunemann, Schuenemann, Schünemann
Sandler
Surname list
reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Kováčik
List of names originating from the Irish language
equivalents, though most names have an anglicised form. Some Irish names have false cognates, i.e. names that look similar but are not etymologically related, e
List of Irish-language given names
List_of_Irish-language_given_names
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reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Schmitz
Surname list
reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Smithers
Surname list
reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Kuznetsov
Topics referred to by the same term
reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Kovač
Surname list
reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Kovačević
Surname list
German–Yiddish Braun Braune Brauner Brawner Romance Castanho Castaño Lebrun/Le Brun Maron Marron Marrone Pardo False cognates Brunn, Brunne, Brunner, Bruner
De_Bruyne
encountered false friends. Mitkov, Ruslan; Pekar, Viktor; Blagoev, Dimitar; Mulloni, Andrea (2007). "Methods for extracting and classifying pairs of cognates and
List of Chinese–Japanese false friends
List_of_Chinese–Japanese_false_friends
Non-English word that appears to be English
different from a false friend, which is a word with a cognate that has a different main meaning; in some cases, pseudo-anglicisms become false friends. Pseudo-anglicisms
Pseudo-anglicism
Roads built in service of the ancient Roman civilization
la Plata (plata means "silver" in Spanish, but in this case it is a false cognate of an Arabic word balata), part of the fan of the Way of Saint James
Roman_roads
River flowing in Delaware, United States
is deep mud associated with marshy rivers. Dutch "modder" = mud, a false cognate to "mother." Modder Kill = Muddy Creek or Muddy River. The word is still
Murderkill_River
Adoption of Hebrew-language Jewish surnames
choosing a name based on similar sound (homophone). In some cases, a false cognate could satisfy both options at once. Others chose completely newly chosen
Hebraization_of_surnames
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reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Smeets
Romani dialect group of southeastern Europe
coming from the latter), now Romania. The words Romani and Romania are false cognates, the former deriving from Romani rom – ultimately from Sanskrit word
Vlax_Romani_language
Surname list
reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
McGowan
Surname list
"sandal-maker": HaSandlar, Papoutsis, Sandler / Sendler Skujenieks Suutari Kingsepp Varga Csizmadia False cognates Scheunemann, Schuenemann, Schünemann
Šubert
Surname list
reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Nagel_(surname)
Surname list
"sandal-maker": HaSandlar, Papoutsis, Sandler / Sendler Skujenieks Suutari Kingsepp Varga Csizmadia False cognates Scheunemann, Schuenemann, Schünemann
Shevchuk
Name list
German–Yiddish Braun Braune Brauner Brawner Romance Castanho Castaño Lebrun/Le Brun Maron Marron Marrone Pardo False cognates Brunn, Brunne, Brunner, Bruner
Lebrun
Surname list
Kucher Kucherov Kucherenko Kucherevskyi Kuczer Mashtalir Woźnica Wozniacki Woźniak Vozniak Voznyak Yamshchikov False cognates Kučera Kucsera Kutschera
Kucher_(surname)
Surname list
reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Mac_a'_Ghobhainn
has integrated elements of Spanish. This includes the integration of false cognates with the Spanish language, transferring the Spanish meanings into Lagunen-Deutsch
German_dialects
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reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Smit
machine translation - Exegesis - Expletive - Expletive attributive False cognate - False friend - Figleaf- Formal language - Fricative consonant - Function
Index_of_linguistics_articles
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German–Yiddish Braun Braune Brauner Brawner Romance Castanho Castaño Lebrun/Le Brun Maron Marron Marrone Pardo False cognates Brunn, Brunne, Brunner, Bruner
Mora_(surname)
Surname list
reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Kovalsky
Surname list
reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Kováč
Transfer of the meaning of something in one language into another
practiced by inexperienced translators, involve false equivalents such as "false friends" and false cognates. In the practice of translation, the source language
Translation
Topics referred to by the same term
"sandal-maker": HaSandlar, Papoutsis, Sandler / Sendler Skujenieks Suutari Kingsepp Varga Csizmadia False cognates Scheunemann, Schuenemann, Schünemann
Shvetsov
Surname list
Kucher Kucherov Kucherenko Kucherevskyi Kuczer Mashtalir Woźnica Wozniacki Woźniak Vozniak Voznyak Yamshchikov False cognates Kučera Kucsera Kutschera
Kucherov
Surname list
"sandal-maker": HaSandlar, Papoutsis, Sandler / Sendler Skujenieks Suutari Kingsepp Varga Csizmadia False cognates Scheunemann, Schuenemann, Schünemann
De_Soto_(surname)
Surname list
"sandal-maker": HaSandlar, Papoutsis, Sandler / Sendler Skujenieks Suutari Kingsepp Varga Csizmadia False cognates Scheunemann, Schuenemann, Schünemann
Shoemaker_(surname)
Surname list
reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Ferraro
Surname list
reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
De_Smedt
Surname list
reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Galdikas
centuries before contact with the Portuguese. This makes the two terms false cognates. If the Portuguese word had been borrowed, it would most likely have
Loanwords_in_Japanese
Japanese poet (1644–1694)
of Bashō's obscure references, some of which were probably literary false cognates. In 1793 Bashō was deified by the Shinto bureaucracy, and for a time
Matsuo_Bashō
Surname list
reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
Funk_(surname)
reference to the occupation of smith 2 "Kovalik" etc. may also be derived from the name of the bird of genus of nuthatches 3 Probably a false cognate
List of people with surname Smith
List_of_people_with_surname_Smith
travel, tourism, insurance
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