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* as an adjective, "cognate" indicates that a word is related to or shifted from another word
* as an adjective, "cognate" indicates that a word is related to or shifted from another word
** as in, "The English word 'Father' is cognate with the Latin word 'Pater'"
** as in, "The English word 'Father' is cognate with the Latin word 'Pater'"
* as a noun cognate means something related, in this case, a word related to another word
* as a noun cognate means something related, and in linguistics, a word that is related to another word
** as in, "The English word 'Father is a cognate to the Latin word 'Pater'"
** as in, "The English word 'Father is a cognate to the Latin word 'Pater'"


=== "P" to "F" sound ===
=== "P" to "F" sound ===
* "pater" (Latin) to "father" (English)
* '''father'''
* "ped" (Greek) or "pous" (Greek) to "foot" (English)
** PIE: ''phter''
* "pisces" (Latin") to "fish" (English)
** Latin: ''pater''
* "pyre" (Latin) to "fire" (English)
** proto-Germanic: ''fader''
 
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<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
* '''foot'''
** PIE: ''pods''
** Greek: ''pous''
** Latin: ''ped''
** proto Germanic: ''fot'' (pronounced "fott")
* '''fish'''
** PIE: ''pisk''
** Latin: ''pisces''
** proto-Germanic: ''fiskaz''
* '''fire'''
** PIE: ''paewr''
** Latin: ''pyre''
** proto-Germanic: ''fur''
</div>
=== "D" to "T" sound ===
=== "D" to "T" sound ===
* asdf
* '''ten'''
** PIE: ''dekmt''
** Latin: ''decim'' (in Latin the "C" is pronounced like a hard "K", so "decim" is pronounced "dekim"
** prot-Germanic: ''tehun''


=== "K" to "HT" sound ===
=== "K" to "Wh" sound ===
* asdf
* what


=== "T" to "Th" sound===  
=== "T" to "Th" sound===  
* asdf
* '''three''' (soft "Th")
* PIE: ''tryes'' (hard "T")
* Latin: ''tres''
* proto-Germanic: ''thrijiz''


=== "B" to "P" sound===  
=== "B" to "P" sound===