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commonly believe are related (have a common origin), but that linguistic examination reveals are unrelated. for example, on the basis of superficial similarities, the latin verb habēre and german haben, both meaning 'to have', appear to be cognates. however, because the words evolved from different roots
, in this case, different proto-indo-european (pie) roots, they cannot be cognate (see for example grimm's law ). german haben, like english have, comes from pie *kh pyé- 'to grasp', and its real cognate in latin is capere, 'to seize, grasp, capture'. latin habēre, on the other hand, is from pie *ghabh...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognate_(etymology)