Questions tagged [false-cognates]
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Does the on'yomi of 輪 (リン) have any relation to the English "ring", or is it a coincidence?
Is there an etymological connection between 輪{リン} as in 車輪{しゃりん} and "ring" in English? Or is this a false cognate?
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Portuguese origin of particle -ね
The particle -ね matches somehow the Portuguese 'né' in form and use (as a request for agreement).
Since there is proven historical contact between Portugal and Japan and proven influx of Portuguese words into Japanese, I wonder whether this is also…
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Is あらまあ linked to Malay "alamak", and which came first?
A popular theory claims that that the Japanese expression あらまあ is directly related to the Malay alamak (pronounced more or less identically, since the "k" is just a glottal stop), with speculation about which one came first and how it was imported…
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Does the Japanese expression ''peko peko'' come from the English word ''peckish''?
I just learned that ''I'm hungry'' is :
Onaka suita
but can also be :
Onaka peko peko
I noticed that the ''peko peko'' was written in katakana.
Does it come from ''peckish'' ?
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