Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 19 hours agoWhat is your favourite fact?message-squaremessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up153arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favourite fact?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 19 hours agomessage-square89fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejxk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 hours 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-up2·6 hours 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