List of Cognate Terms

List of Cognate Terms 



languages with cognates

languages likely without cognates

proportion

coffee

449

20

0.957

tea

425

29

0.936

radio
(with radium cognates)

172

21

0.891

kilogram

168

2

0.948

radio

165

28

0.885

meter, metre

164

1

0.994

bus

164

17

0.906

guitar

161

17

0.904

chocolate

159

4

0.975

gram(me)

149

0

1

taxi

149

11

0.931

tank

145

3

0.975

cement

145

8

0.948

battery

139

18

0.856

plastic

133

20

0.869

vitamin

131

6

0.956

liter, litre

131

8

0.942

passport

129

20

0.866

cocoa

128

4

0.97

virus

127

19

0.87

hotel

123

25

0.831

ton(ne)

122

2

0.984

nylon

121

2

0.984

gas

120

15

0.889

iodine

119

6

0.952

aluminium

118

12

0.908

salad

117

3

0.975

islam

116

1

0.991

hectare

116

5

0.958

bacteria

113

22

0.837

nickel

111

1

0.991

tennis

109

6

0.948

tractor

109

11

0.908

neon

108

1

0.991

penicillin

107

3

0.973

microphone

107

3

0.973

volt

107

5

0.955

hindu(ism)

106

2

0.981

visa

105

8

0.929

shampoo

104

12

0.908

boron

103

0

1

helium

103

1

0.99

robot

103

7

0.981

pizza

102

0

1

cocaine

102

2

0.981

avocado

102

23

0.816

cobalt

101

1

0.99

yoga

99

0

1

lithium

99

1

0.99

heroin

99

2

0.98

watt

98

0

1

veranda

98

25

0.808

papaya

98

29

0.772

whisky, whiskey

96

4

0.96

internet

96

9

0.914

antenna

96

13

0.881

jazz

94

1

0.989

titanium

93

1

0.989

vanilla

92

1

0.989

ampere

92

1

0.989

saxophone

92

1

0.989

sandwich

92

7

0.929

dinosaur

92

11

0.893

morphine

91

0

1

marx(ism)

91

0

1

aspirin

91

1

0.988

nicotine

89

0

1

curry

88

2

0.978

radar

88

2

0.978

golf

86

0

1

tofu

86

1

0.989

cricket

85

3

0.965

bazaar

85

11

0.88

karate

84

0

1

dynamite

84

8

0.913

caffeine

82

0

1

rum

82

2

0.976

adrenaline, adrenalin

81

5

0.94

halal

81

7

0.92

sushi

80

0

1

haram

80

1

0.988

gorilla

80

11

0.879

menu

80

15

0.842

mayonnaise

79

0

1

manga

79

0

1

blog

79

1

0.988

opera

78

4

0.951

vodka

76

10

0.884

kangaroo

75

10

0.882

hamburger

74

1

0.789

karaoke

73

0

1

bikini

72

0

1

ketchup

72

5

0.935

bulldozer

72

18

0.8

ramen,ramyeon, laghman

69

0

1








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