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The English words “wheel” and “rickshaw” are extraordinary cognates (lemmy.sdf.org)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

In most slavic languages it's also "Med" or a cognate.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

catalan: mel

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Same as Latin!