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(linguistics) The relationship between cognates; the condition of sharing a common ancestor term in another language.

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cognacy

Noun

countable uncountable

(linguistics) The relationship between cognates; the condition of sharing a common ancestor term in another language.

Japanese Meaning

同源関係、すなわち複数の単語が共通の祖先語を持つ状態や関係を指す。

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Linguists examined the cognacy of the river names to reconstruct the prehistoric language boundaries.

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言語学者たちは先史時代の言語境界を再構築するために、川の名前の同語源関係を調べた。

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(linguistics) The relationship between cognates; the condition of sharing a common ancestor term in another language.

First, in depending on vocabulary, as opposed to morphology or grammar, one runs the risk of assuming cognacy between similar words when the real explanation is borrowing.

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(linguistics) The degree to which two languages share cognates, usually expressed as a percentage

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cognacies

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