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[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I appreciate the use of forlorn, which stems from Dutch verloren (lost, abandoned).

[–] jxk@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is a pet peeve of mine, but no. All three words forlorn (English), verloren (Dutch), and verloren (German) have the same origin, but none derive from another.

[–] cosmoscoffee@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago

If I remember correctly, words that are basically linguistic cousins are called cognates

[–] VitaminF@feddit.org 8 points 1 month ago

*German. Dutch is a fake language.