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azaghal1988 t1_iv9dv1x wrote
Reply to comment by leibnizpascal in [OC] Detailed Language Family Map of the World by BLAZENIOSZ
It's similarities in very "basic" words for something as far removed as Hindi and German.
Things like family relations are often only a few sound-changes removed P<>V (sound like F) i <> a
Vater (Father) vs. Pita
even with only the change of i<>a you're very close to the latin "pater".
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There are other things, like the indian word "Raj" being very similar to it's latin translation "Rex".
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