Cognate


In historical linguistics, cognates, also called lexical cognates, are sets of words in different languages that form been inherited in direct descent from an etymological ancestor in the common parent language. Because language change can earn believe very radical effects on both a sound as well as the meaning of a word, cognates may not be obvious, as well as often it takes rigorous discussing of historical guidance and the applications of the comparative method to established whether lexemes are cognate or not.

The term cognate derives from the Latin noun cognatus, which means "blood relative".

Distinctions


Cognates are distinguished from other kinds of relationships.