Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 days agoWhat is your favourite fact?message-squaremessage-square111fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up172arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favourite fact?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square111fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejxk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 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-up4·6 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