English · noun

tooth

‘hard mouth part’
simplex — no productive affix

The same meaning in all five languages

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English
tooth
tooth
French
dent
dent
Hindi
दाँतdā̃t
दाँत
Telugu
పల్లుpallu
పల్లు
Tamil
பல்pal
பல்
  • toothEnglish⟷dentFrench· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • toothEnglish⟷दाँतHindi· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • dentFrench⟷दाँतHindi· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • பல்Tamil⟷పల్లుTelugu· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor

How the graph explains it

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  1. 01tooth is an English noun with no productive affixal segmentation (simplex).1 step
    • rulerule:simplex
  2. 02Its meaning ('hard mouth part') can be approximated as HAVE(PART, BODY) in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.3 steps
  3. 03tooth is inherited from Reconstructed:PIE *h₃dónts ‘tooth’ (confidence 0.80).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:tooth-pie-en0.80
    • sourcewatkins0.80
  4. 04दाँत is cognate with en tooth (confidence 0.80).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:tooth-cog0.80
    • sourcewatkins0.80
  5. 05tooth is cognate with fr dent (confidence 0.80).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:tooth-cog-fr-en0.80
    • sourcewatkins0.80
  6. 06Aligned forms: French dent (cognate); Hindi दाँत (dā̃t) (cognate); Tamil பல் (pal) (translation equivalent); Telugu పల్లు (pallu) (translation equivalent).1 step
    • rulerule:alignment

Where it came from

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  1. *h₃dóntsReconstructed:PIE— inherited →tooth accepted
    watkins0.80
  2. toothEnglish— cognate →दाँत accepted
    watkins0.80
  3. dentFrench— cognate →tooth accepted
    watkins0.80