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Deebster to Linguistics@mander.xyz · 1 year ago

The English words “wheel” and “rickshaw” are extraordinary cognates

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    With a quick look I only recognise “kirvis” to be close to “kirves” meaning axe. I don’t know if it’s correct though.

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      You are correct :)

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