Re: False cognates
Posted: 16 Aug 2019 02:30
This looks like a false cognate with the Esperanto!Nortaneous wrote: ↑29 Jul 2019 00:11 In wordlists of North Bougainville languages, "boat" is almost always given as boato.
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Re: False cognates
Posted: 16 Aug 2019 06:14
Modern English vowel changes before velars are typically before the voiced velars /ŋ g/ but not /k/.Vlürch wrote: ↑01 Jun 2019 11:30quick
Old Chinese 霍 /*qʰʷaːɡ/ - quickly, suddenly
Maybe it's a bit of a stretch, but they do have similar meanings and velars and uvulars aren't that different. Also, even though I don't know of one, I wouldn't be too surprised if there was some English dialect where "quick" is pronounced [kwɑːk] or [kwæk]; I mean, if [ɪ] -> [æ] can happen before /ŋ/ for some people, why not before /k/ since it's also velar?
Re: False cognates
Posted: 16 Aug 2019 21:04
καλώ /kalo/ "I call to" "to call" The former is from PIE *kelh, and thus its relative is "to low [as an ox]" while the is from PIE *gols-, cognate to the Slavic words for "Voice".
"to call" The former is from PIE *kelh, and thus its relative is "to low [as an ox]" while the is from PIE *gols-, cognate to the Slavic words for "Voice".Re: False cognates
Posted: 25 Aug 2019 20:45
English make v.s. Proto-Uralic meke- "to make"
Re: False cognates
Posted: 13 Sep 2019 06:34
Maká(a Matacoan language spoken in Paraguay) tenuk “cat” v.s. Japanese たぬき (tanuki) “raccoon dog”
Re: False cognates
Posted: 30 Sep 2019 11:20
Are con-natlang pairs allowed too if they're unintentional?
Paatherye hūn "egg" vs. 
German Huhn "chicken", both with the same pronunciation
The former derives from PIE *h₂ōwyóm "egg", the latter ultimately from PIE *keh₂n- "to sing"
Paatherye hūn "egg" vs. German Huhn "chicken", both with the same pronunciationThe former derives from PIE *h₂ōwyóm "egg", the latter ultimately from PIE *keh₂n- "to sing"
Re: False cognates
Posted: 04 Oct 2019 17:20
English load v.s. Standard German laden "to load", despite that both languages are West Germanic, and the words look similar, they are not cognates.
wow what a coincidence!
Re: False cognates
Posted: 05 Oct 2019 23:37
Standard German nein "no(answering questions)" v.s. Toyama dialect of Japanese naan (なあん) "no(answering questions)"
Re: False cognates
Posted: 25 Oct 2019 21:27
cower != coward. There's also a verb "cow", which is not related to either of these others.Re: False cognates
Posted: 29 Oct 2019 16:54
Old Chinese 俞 /lo/(reconstructed) "to approve" v.s. Hiri Motu lo "yes"
add one to the list of false cognates: Old Chinese 愉 "happy, pleased, delightful", the pronounciation of 愉 in Old Chinese has been reconstructed as /lo/k1234567890y wrote: ↑29 Jun 2019 21:27 English LOL v.s. Dutch lol "fun"(attested as early as 1560s) v.s. Welsh lol "nonsense, ridiculous"
Re: False cognates
Posted: 31 Oct 2019 04:10
AFAIK Old Chinese 俞 means "yes" too; see here https://chaoglobal.wordpress.com/2013/11/01/ling/k1234567890y wrote: ↑29 Oct 2019 16:54 Old Chinese 俞 /lo/(reconstructed) "to approve" v.s. Hiri Motu lo "yes"
add one to the list of false cognates: Old Chinese 愉 "happy, pleased, delightful", the pronounciation of 愉 in Old Chinese has been reconstructed as /lo/k1234567890y wrote: ↑29 Jun 2019 21:27 English LOL v.s. Dutch lol "fun"(attested as early as 1560s) v.s. Welsh lol "nonsense, ridiculous"
Re: False cognates
Posted: 01 Nov 2019 19:54
lo, I have seen that before lol XDDZythros Jubi wrote: ↑31 Oct 2019 04:10 AFAIK Old Chinese 俞 means "yes" too; see here https://chaoglobal.wordpress.com/2013/11/01/ling/
and that video is actually the reason that inspired me to tell people about 俞
Re: False cognates
Posted: 08 Nov 2019 00:00
arbor
arborEnglish arbor comes from Old French erbier "field, meadow, kitchen garden", derived from Latin herba; it was respelled under the influence of Latin arbor. So naturally, the day dedicated to planting trees has a name derived from a word for grass.
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Re: False cognates
Posted: 26 Nov 2019 00:03
No way! This seems too crazy to be true!Dormouse559 wrote: ↑08 Nov 2019 00:00
English arbor comes from Old French erbier "field, meadow, kitchen garden", derived from Latin herba; it was respelled under the influence of Latin arbor. So naturally, the day dedicated to planting trees has a name derived from a word for grass.
Re: False cognates
Posted: 26 Nov 2019 03:39
Re: False cognates
Posted: 26 Nov 2019 17:48
*stares in disbelief*Dormouse559 wrote: ↑08 Nov 2019 00:00
English arbor comes from Old French erbier "field, meadow, kitchen garden", derived from Latin herba; it was respelled under the influence of Latin arbor. So naturally, the day dedicated to planting trees has a name derived from a word for grass.
Re: False cognates
Posted: 27 Nov 2019 07:58
Japanese nani 'what?'
Inuktitut nani 'where?'
Inuktitut nani 'where?'
Re: False cognates
Posted: 09 Dec 2019 07:21
just saw thought of this, and wow damn that blows my mind
para "for" (from Latin per + ad)
para "for" (from Latin pro + ad)
Re: False cognates
Posted: 09 Dec 2019 08:50
just found a list of false cognates between Japanese and several other languages:
https://www.wa-pedia.com/language/japan ... ords.shtml
https://www.wa-pedia.com/language/japan ... ords.shtml
Re: False cognates
Posted: 13 Dec 2019 22:13
Technically, labeling that page "false cognates" is misleading because it doesn't provide etymological information for most entries, sticking to solely definitions. Specifically, boya and tsumari may be back-translations. Also, the page labels them as cognates. Thus, this is the incorrect topic. Granted, I wouldn't post the link in Surprising Cognates without complete research.k1234567890y wrote: ↑09 Dec 2019 08:50 just found a list of false cognates between Japanese and several other languages:
https://www.wa-pedia.com/language/japan ... ords.shtml