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We still use half of the same word in English! 'yakh' and 'ice' are cognates. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%AE https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%DB%8C

by pvg 3y ago

We still use half of the same word in English! 'yakh' and 'ice' are cognates. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%AE https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%AE

hunter2_ 3y ago
I love learning cognates that don't really look it. Acadian and Cajun is another favorite, although I'm not sure if it counts if they're both used in English.
- AdmiralAsshat 3y ago
  Try saying "Acadian" quickly, and you can see pretty easily how it might elide into "Cajun". Uh-cay-dee-yan Cay-dee-yan Cage-dee-yan Cay-jee-yan Cay-jun Speech gets lazier with repetition. Ask any native of New Orleans how their city's name is pronounced: the majority will say something like "Noo-ahh-lins" or even just "Nah'lins".
  - dunefox 3y ago
    That's a stretch.
    - hunter2_ 3y ago
      It's true though. The same transformation of the ending syllables happened with Indian becoming Injun (although that one eventually became offensive, unlike Cajun).
      - dunefox 3y ago
        I think I read the word with the stress on the second syllable. On the first one it makes a lot more sense now.
  - deleted 3y ago
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  - djbusby 3y ago
    New Orleans. Outside it's four syllable. Inside it's one
aixhole 3y ago
We use the other half too. 'Chal' and 'hole' are cognates as well. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%84#Persian https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%84#Persian YakhChAL: Ice-hollow.
- pazimzadeh 3y ago
  There are many cognates between Farsi and English. Here’s my list of really obvious ones: Mani/Meaning Dobare/Again (Double) Vacal/Vocal Lab/Lip No/New Baradar/Brother Beitar/Better Dokhtar/Daughter Mord/Dead (i.e mortal) Pose/Pose Setareh/Star Recid/Received Dar/Door Darije/Degree Band (Bebande, mibandam)/To bind
  - dunefox 3y ago
    Both languages being in the Indo-European language family, that's not very surprising.
    - pazimzadeh 3y ago
      Sure. And we all live on the same planet, and everything is related to everything else, so nothing is surprising.
      - dunefox 3y ago
        Weird take.
- pvg 3y ago
  They might be but that link doesn't seem to say that.

by pvg 3y ago

We still use half of the same word in English! 'yakh' and 'ice' are cognates. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%AE https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%AE

hunter2_ 3y ago

I love learning cognates that don't really look it. Acadian and Cajun is another favorite, although I'm not sure if it counts if they're both used in English.

AdmiralAsshat 3y ago
Try saying "Acadian" quickly, and you can see pretty easily how it might elide into "Cajun". Uh-cay-dee-yan Cay-dee-yan Cage-dee-yan Cay-jee-yan Cay-jun Speech gets lazier with repetition. Ask any native of New Orleans how their city's name is pronounced: the majority will say something like "Noo-ahh-lins" or even just "Nah'lins".
- dunefox 3y ago
  That's a stretch.
  - hunter2_ 3y ago
    It's true though. The same transformation of the ending syllables happened with Indian becoming Injun (although that one eventually became offensive, unlike Cajun).
    - dunefox 3y ago
      I think I read the word with the stress on the second syllable. On the first one it makes a lot more sense now.
- deleted 3y ago
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- djbusby 3y ago
  New Orleans. Outside it's four syllable. Inside it's one

aixhole 3y ago

We use the other half too. 'Chal' and 'hole' are cognates as well. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%84#Persian https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%84#Persian YakhChAL: Ice-hollow.

pazimzadeh 3y ago
There are many cognates between Farsi and English. Here’s my list of really obvious ones: Mani/Meaning Dobare/Again (Double) Vacal/Vocal Lab/Lip No/New Baradar/Brother Beitar/Better Dokhtar/Daughter Mord/Dead (i.e mortal) Pose/Pose Setareh/Star Recid/Received Dar/Door Darije/Degree Band (Bebande, mibandam)/To bind
- dunefox 3y ago
  Both languages being in the Indo-European language family, that's not very surprising.
  - pazimzadeh 3y ago
    Sure. And we all live on the same planet, and everything is related to everything else, so nothing is surprising.
    - dunefox 3y ago
      Weird take.
pvg 3y ago
They might be but that link doesn't seem to say that.