Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 12 days agoWhat is your favourite fact?message-squaremessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favourite fact?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 12 days agomessage-square104fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejxk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 days agoMy favourite false cognate is the plural ending -s in French and English. The English one has Germanic roots, while the French one come from Latin accusative plural -as/-os. They are unrelated etymologically.
minus-squarejxk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 days agoAfter looking it up I have to correct myself, the Germanic plural - s also come from the accusative plural
My favourite false cognate is the plural ending -s in French and English. The English one has Germanic roots, while the French one come from Latin accusative plural -as/-os. They are unrelated etymologically.
After looking it up I have to correct myself, the Germanic plural - s also come from the accusative plural