And this makes sense
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And this makes sense
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OLD e ALTO: COGNATOS INESPERADOS
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Mais Cognatos Inesperados!
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Tallinn city streetsign with the streetname Kaevuri on it.
View of Kaevuri, Tallinn, facing the sea.
Containers awaiting the day that Trump's tariffs make sense.
#Kaevuri (Kaevur)
Today is Kopli day!
#Tallinn #Põhja-Tallinn #Kopli
Miner, digger. One of a mini trade-name area, see also #Sepa. Despite its superficial and/or coincidental resemblance to ‘cave’ and ‘excavate’, the word is related to other close-neighbor FU terms such as
#Cognates #Sugulased
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OMG! I just realized that the ancient Egyptian word for “god”- “Netjer” (net-CHUR, net-JAIR), sounds an awwwwful lot like the English word for “Nature”. 🤯
#linguistics #egyptian #cognates
NB: tarvas, is cognate with Latin taurus (bull), English steer, Swedish djur (animal), Prussian tauris (European bison), and French taureau (bull). The Russian musical association, Гусли, or Gusli (1864-1940), was founded at No.26 (building still there).
#Cognates #Sugulased
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COGNATOS INESPERADOS — n.° V
#etimologia #português #inglês #latim #linguistica #linguas #idiomas #historia #curiosidades #educação #ciencia #galego #portugal #brasil #galiza #linguistics #languages #history #english #portuguese #curiosities #science #galician #brazil #galicia #etymology #cognates
I'm going to resume my series #LessObviousDutchGermanCognates because I'm very fond of it and I keep discovering great #cognates. Posts every other day (I hope) including reposts from the other platform 🐦🐦
Old #Welsh dub, Old #Cornish duw, and #Breton dū́, all meaning black, and in turn to Old #Prussian doacke for starling.
#Cognates #Sugulased
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#Lithuanian #Perkūnas (from PIE *perkwunos, giving also rise to #Celtic #Taranis and #Irish #Tuireann, #Norse #Thor, #Slavic #Perun and, it seems, #Vedic #Parjanya) a #Baltic god of thunder associated with the oak
#Cognates #Sugulased
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KING e IRMÃO
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COGNATOS INESPERADOS N.° II 🧠
#etimologia #português #inglês #latim #linguística #línguas #idiomas #historia #curiosidades #ciencia #galego #portugal #brasil #linguistics #languages #english #portuguese #phonology #curiosities #science #galician #brazil #galicia #etymology #cognatos #cognates
COW E BOI: COGNATOS INESPERADOS — n.° I
#linguistica #linguas #idiomas #historia #ingles #portugues #fonologia #curiosidades #ciencia #galego #portugal #brasil #galiza #linguistics #languages #history #english #portuguese #curiosities #science #galician #brazil #galicia #england #cognatos #cognates
The meaning of the word in #Estonian seems to have shifted over time, and the #fuzziness around the word is reflected in its neighbors: #loog has pretty-much identical #cognates in #Finnish, #Veps, #Votic and so on, where #Russian, лyг (lug) means #meadow,
#Agriculture #PõlluMajandus
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Did you know that "hotel," "color," and "animal" mean the same in Spanish and English? Cognates like these share a common origin, making language learning easier and more exciting! Spotting these similarities can boost your vocabulary effortlessly. #LanguageLearning #Cognates #Spanish #English
I have a hard time pronouncing it.
#cognates #languagelearning #swedish #svenska
The pronunciation lesson made for an awkward conversation at dinner #homonyms #cognates #languagelearning #swedish #svenska
Orange=orange #cognates #languagelearning #swedish #svedik
Hej då ≠ Hey dude
Even though they sound the same and Hej=Hey
#languagelearning #Swedish #Cognates