Surprising cognates

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Re: Surprising cognates

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English: horde
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Re: Surprising cognates

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:hun: Hungarian ezer “thousand” ~ :ind: Tamil āyiram “thousand”~ :eng: English mile

All from PIE *sm-g’éslom “one-thousand”
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