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släktord — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cognate adj Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (law) related on the mother's side.

Senses

släktord is used for these senses in English:

  • cognate (linguistics) A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or judged to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word.

cognate — full definition

  1. adj Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (law) related on the mother's side.
  2. adj Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root.
  3. adj Descended from the same source lexemes (same etymons) of an ancestor language.

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