Editing False cognate (section)

==Examples==
''Note: Some etymologies may be simplified to avoid overly long descriptions''.

===Within English===
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! Term 1 !! Etymology 1 !!  Term 2 !!  Etymology 2
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| '''day''' || [[Old English]] ''dæġ'' {{br}}<< [[Proto-Germanic]] *''dagaz''{{br}}<< [[Proto-Indo-European]] *''dʰeǵʰ-''<ref name="dhegh">Kroonen, Guus (2013) ''Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic'' (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill
</ref> || '''diary''' || Latin ''diārium'' << ''dies'' ("day"){{br}}<< [[Proto-Italic]] *''djēm'' {{br}}<< PIE *dyḗws ("heaven"){{thin space}}<ref name="oed2">[[Oxford English Dictionary]], Second edition.</ref><ref name="Glossary"/>
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| '''island''' || [[Middle English]] ''iland''{{br}}<< Old English ''[[wikt:iegland#Old English|īeġland]]''{{br}}<< Proto-Germanic *''awjōlandą'' || '''isle''' || Middle English ''ile''{{br}}<< [[Old French]] ''i(s)le''{{br}}<< Latin ''insula''
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|'''policy'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/policy#etymonline_v_17569|website=Online Etymology Dictionary|title=policy}}</ref> || Middle English ''policie''{{br}}<< Old French ''policie''{{br}}<< [[Late Latin]] ''[[wikt:politia#Latin|politia]]''{{br}}<< [[Ancient Greek]] ''[[wikt:πολιτεία#Ancient Greek|politeía]]'' || '''police, (insurance) policy''' || French ''[[wikt:police#French|police]]''{{br}}<< Italian ''[[wikt:polizza#Italian|polizza]]''{{br}}<< [[Medieval Latin]] ''[[wikt:apodissa#Latin|apodissa]]''{{br}}<< Ancient Greek ''[[wikt:ἀπόδειξις#Ancient Greek|apódeixis]]''
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=== Between English and other languages ===
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!  English term
!  English etymology
!  Foreign term
!  Foreign etymology
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| '''bad''' || Possibly from OE '' [[Bæddel and bædling|bæddel]]'' ("hermaphrodite, effeminate man"){{br}}<< PGmc *''bad-'' ("defile") || Persian '''{{lang|fa|بد}}''', ''bad''{{thin space}}<ref name="Campbell2">[[Lyle Campbell]], Historical Linguistics: An Introduction, 3rd edition, p. 350</ref><ref name="Glossary">{{cite book|first1=Lyle|last1=Campbell|author-link1=Lyle Campbell|first2=Mauricio J.|last2=Mixco|title=A Glossary of Historical Linguistics|year=2007|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|isbn=978-0-7486-2378-5|page=29}}</ref> || Middle Iranian *''vat''{{br}}<< PIE *''wed(h)-''
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| '''better''' || OE ''betera'' || Persian '''{{lang|fa|بهتر}}''', ''behtar'' and Hindustani descendants || به (''beh'', "good") + تر (''-tar'', "-er")
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|'''cinder'''
|OE ''sinder''<br><< PGmc ''*sendra-'' "slag"<br><< PIE ''*sendhro-'' "coagulating fluid"
|French ''cendre'' ("ash")
|Latin ''cinerem''<br><< PIE ''*ken-'' ("to arise, begin")
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|'''day''' || OE ''dæġ'' {{br}}<< PGmc *''dagaz'' {{br}}<< PIE *''dʰeǵʰ-''<ref name="dhegh"/> || Latin '''''dies''''' ("day") and descendants{{thin space}}<ref name="oed2"/><ref name="Glossary"/> ||  [[Proto-Italic]] *''djēm'' {{br}}<< PIE *dyḗws ("heaven"){{thin space}}<ref name="oed2"/><ref name="Glossary"/>
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| '''desert''' || Latin ''dēserō'' ("to abandon") {{br}}<< ultimately PIE *''*seh₁-'' ("to sow") ||  Ancient Egyptian '''''Deshret''''' (refers to the land not flooded by the Nile){{thin space}} || from ''dšr'' (red)
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|'''dog''' || OE ''docga'' or ''dogga'' || [[Mbabaram language|Mbabaram]] '''''[[Mbabaram language#Word for "dog"|dog]]''''' ("dog"){{thin space}}<ref name="Glossary"/> || [[Proto-Pama-Nyungan]] *''gudaga''
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|'''[[emoticon]]'''
|''emotion'' + ''icon''
|Japanese '''''絵文字''''' ([[emoji]]) {{thin space}}<ref name=Taggart-2015>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VPO4CgAAQBAJ|title=New Words for Old: Recycling Our Language for the Modern World|first=Caroline|last=Taggart|date=5 November 2015|publisher=Michael O'Mara Books|via=Google Books|isbn=9781782434733 |quote=''Emoji'' is made up of the Japanese for ''picture'' (e) and ''character'' (''moji'') so its resemblance to ''emotion'' and ''emoticon'' is a particularly happy coincidence.}}</ref>
|''絵 (e)'' ("picture") + ''文字 (moji)'' ("character")<ref name=Taggart-2015 />
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| '''have''' || Middle English ''haven''<br><< OE ''habban'' ("to have")<br><< Proto-West Germanic ''*habbjan''<br><< Proto-Germanic ''*habjaną'' ("to have"), durative of ''*habjaną'' ("to lift, take up")<br><< PIE ''*kh₂pyéti'' present tense of ''*keh₂p-'' ("to take, seize, catch").  ||  Corsican '''''avè''''' ("to have") || Latin ''habēre'', present active infinitive of ''habeō''<br><< Proto-Italic ''*habēō'' << PIE ''*gʰeh₁bʰ-'' ("to grab"). 
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| '''hollow''' ||  OE ''holh'' {{br}}<< PGmc *''holhwo-'' || [[Lake Miwok language|Lake Miwok]] '''''hóllu'''''{{thin space}}<ref name="Campbell2"/> ||
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| '''much''' || OE ''myċel'' {{br}}<< PGmc *''mikilaz'' {{br}}<< PIE *''meǵa-'' ("big, stout, great") ||  Spanish '''''mucho''''' ("much"){{thin space}}<ref name="Glossary"/> || Latin ''multus''  (many){{br}}<< PIE *''ml̥tos'' ("crumbled")
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| '''[[saint]]''' ||  Latin ''sanctus''{{br}}<< PIE *''seh₂k-'' ("to sanctify") via [[French language|French]] || Sanskrit '''''[[sant (religion)|sant]]''''' and descendants{{thin space}}<ref name="Schomer-1987">{{cite book |last1=Schomer |first1=Karine |last2=McLeod |first2=W. H. |title=The Sants: Studies in a Devotional Tradition of India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OkKhOivXrhgC |year=1987 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |location=Delhi |isbn=978-81-208-0277-3 |oclc=879218858 |page=3 |access-date=7 November 2018 |quote=Thus conceptually as well as etymologically, it differs considerably from the false cognate 'saint' which is often used to translate it. Like 'saint', ''&apos;sant&apos;'' has also taken on the more general ethical meaning of the 'good person' whose life is a spiritual and moral exemplar, and is therefore attached to a wide variety of gurus, 'holy men', and other religious teachers.}}</ref> || ''sat'' ("truth, reality, essence")
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| '''shark''' || Middle English ''shark'' from uncertain origin ||  Chinese '''鲨''' (shā){{thin space}} || Named as its crude skin is similar to sand (沙 (shā))
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=== Between other languages ===
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!   Term 1
!   Etymology 1 
!   Term 2
!   Etymology 2
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| French '''''feu''''' ("fire") || Latin ''focus'' ||German '''''Feuer''''' ("fire")
|[[Proto-Germanic|PGmc]] [[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fōr|'''''*fōr''''' ~ '''''*fun-''''']]<ref name="dhegh"/><ref>[[Lyle Campbell]], Historical Linguistics: An Introduction, 3rd edition, p. 355</ref><ref name="Glossary"/>{{br}}<< PIE *''péh₂wr̥''
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| French '''''nuque''''' ('nape') ||Latin ''nucha'', from Arabic نُخَاع ''nukhāʻ'' 'spinal marrow' || Hungarian '''''nyak''''' ('neck')<ref name="Barczi">{{cite book|first=Géza|last=Bárczi|year=1958|title=A magyar szókincs eredete|location=Budapest|publisher=Tankönyvkiadó|page=8}}</ref> || Proto-Uralic ''*ńᴕkkɜ'' 'neck'
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| German '''''haben''''' ('to have') || PG *''habjaną''{{br}}<< PIE *''keh₂p-'' ("to grasp") || Latin '''''habere''''' ("to have") and descendants<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=have|title=have - Search Online Etymology Dictionary|website=www.etymonline.com}}</ref> || PIE *''gʰeh₁bʰ-'' ("to grab, to take")
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| Swedish '''''göl''''' ("pool") || PG *''guljō'' || Salar '''''göl''''' ("pool") || Proto-Turkic *''kȫl'' ("lake")
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| German '''''Erdbeere''''' ('strawberry') || ''Erd'' ('earth') + ''Beere'' ('berry') || Hungarian '''''eper''''' ('strawberry')<ref name=Barczi/> ||
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| German '''''Haus''''' ('house')|| || Hungarian '''''ház''''' ('house')<ref name=Barczi/> ||
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| Hawaiian '''''kahuna''''' ('priest')|| || Hebrew '''כוהן''' (''kohen'') ('priest')<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hevesi|first=Francis|title=Kahuna and kohen: A study in comparative religion|volume=16|journal=Social Process in Hawaii|pages=30–33}}</ref> ||
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| Hungarian '''''nő''''' ('woman') || || Mandarin Chinese '''女''' (''nǚ'') ('woman')<ref name=Barczi/> ||
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| [[Inuktitut]]  '''ᖃᔭᖅ''' (''[[kayak]]'') ||  [[Proto-Eskimo]] *''qyaq'' || [[Turkish language|Turkish]] '''''[[Caïque|kayık]]''''' ('small boat')<ref>{{cite journal|first=José Andrés Alonso|last=de la Fuente|title=Urban legends: Turkish kayık 'boat' {{!}} "Eskimo" Qayaq 'Kayak'|journal=Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis|year=2010|url=http://www.filg.uj.edu.pl/documents/41616/4333148/12701-Fuente.pdf|access-date=2015-03-06}}</ref> || [[Old Turkic]] kayguk {{br}}<< [[Proto-Turkic]] kay- ("to slide, to turn")
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| [[Mayaimi]]  '''Mayaimi''' (''Big water'') ||   || [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] '''מים''' mayim ("water") || 
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| Japanese '''{{lang|ja|ありがとう}}''' ''[[Glossary of Japanese words of Portuguese origin#Arigatō|arigatō]]'' ("thank you") || Clipping of 有難う御座います "arigatō gozaimasu" ("(I) am thankful") {{br}}<< 有難く "arigataku"{{br}}<< 有難い "arigatai" ("thankful, appreciated") {{br}}<< [[Old Japanese]] 有難斯  "arigatasi" ("difficult to be"){{thin space}}{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}  || Portuguese '''''obrigado''''' ("thank you")<ref>{{cite news |title='Arigato in Japanese and Obrigado in Portuguese', Semantic Enigmas |url=https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,,-197840,00.html |access-date=June 24, 2021 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>|| Literally "obliged"{{br}} << Latin ''obligātus''
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| [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]] '''अम्मा''' / '''{{nq|اما}}''' (''ammā'', "mother")
| [[Prakrit]] 𑀅𑀁𑀫𑀸 (''aṃmā''), from [[Sanskrit]] {{lang|sa|अम्बा}} ({{Transliteration|sa|ambā}}, "mother, feminine honorific")
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]] '''அம்மா''' (''ammā'', "mother")
| [[Proto-Dravidian]] ''*amma'' ("mother")
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| [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]] '''''tanah''''' ("ground")
| [[Proto-Austronesian]] ''*tanaq''
| [[Aleut language|Aleut]] '''''tanax̂''''' ("ground")
| [[Proto-Eskimo]] ''*luna'' ("earth")
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| [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] '''''bagay''''' ("thing")
| [[Proto-Malayo-Polynesian]] *''bagay''
| [[Haitian Creole]] '''''bagay''''' ("thing")
| [[Saint Dominican Creole French]] ''bagage''
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| [[Central Dusun|Dusun]] '''''do''''' ("of")
| Austronesian ''o'' 
| Portuguese '''''do''''' ("of")
| Latin ''de''
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] '''''gusano''''' ("worm, insect larva")
| Uncertain, possibly from Latin ''cossus''  ("woodworm")
| [[Russian language|Russian]] '''''гусеница''''' (''gusenica'') ("caterpillar")
| [[Proto-Slavic]] ''*ǫsěnica'' ("caterpillar")
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