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minus-squarejxk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 months agoThis is a pet peeve of mine, but no. All three words forlorn (English), verloren (Dutch), and verloren (German) have the same origin, but none derive from another.
minus-squarecosmoscoffee@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoIf I remember correctly, words that are basically linguistic cousins are called cognates
This is a pet peeve of mine, but no. All three words forlorn (English), verloren (Dutch), and verloren (German) have the same origin, but none derive from another.
If I remember correctly, words that are basically linguistic cousins are called cognates