Sentences with cognate
cog·nate
C c - ...cognate words.
- cognate languages
- Spanish and French are cognate languages.
- English “eat” and German “essen” are cognate.
- English apple and German apfel are cognate words; English and Flemish are cognate languages
- English mother is cognate with Greek μητέρα (mitéra ), German Mutter , Russian мать (matʹ ) and Persian مادر (madar ). In English, queen is cognate with quean , both of which are cognate with Russian жена (žená ), Icelandic kona and Irish bean . In English, shirt is cognate with skirt; both are descended from the Proto-Indo-European root *sker-, meaning ‘to cut’.
- Such cognate languages as French and Spanish.
- The English word cold is a cognate of German kalt.
- English mother is a cognate of Greek μητέρα (mitéra ), German Mutter , Russian мать (matʹ ) and Persian مادر (mâdar ). English queen and quean , Russian жена (žená ), Icelandic kona and Irish bean are all cognates.