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ahazred8ta
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English: God gave us teeth; God will give us bread.
Lithuanian: Dievas davė dantis; Dievas duos duonos.
Sanskrit: Devas adadat datas; Devas dat dhanas.
talideon
29 days ago
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And a fun extra one is that Lithuanian "gobti" is cognate with English "give"!
redhed
29 days ago
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Another cool one, Svet in Russian and Schwet in Hindi, both meaning white/light and both being in names (Svetlana, Shweta)
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Lithuanian: Dievas davė dantis; Dievas duos duonos.
Sanskrit: Devas adadat datas; Devas dat dhanas.