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The English words “wheel” and “rickshaw” are extraordinary cognates (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 9 months ago by lars@lemmy.sdf.org to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] hakase@sh.itjust.works 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

"Mead/honey" followed basically the exact same path, except for the final borrowing of the Japanese word back into English.

Proto-Indo-European *med^h^u > English "mead"
Proto-Indo-European *med^h^u > Tocharian B (not A) "mit" > Old Chinese "mit" > Japanese "hachi-mitsu" (bee-honey)

[–] IoSapsai@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

In most slavic languages it's also "Med" or a cognate.

[–] loputozirak@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

catalan: mel

[–] IoSapsai@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

Same as Latin!