FATHER, PAPA AND FAMILY - TABLE
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English
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father
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mother
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brother
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sister
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son
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Daughter
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pa, papa
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mama
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German
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Vater
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Mutter
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Bruder
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Schwester
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Sohn
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Tochter
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Papa
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Mama
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Dutch
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vader
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moeder
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broeder
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zuster
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zoon
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dochter
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vaer
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moer
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broer
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zus
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pappa
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mamma
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Swedish
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fader
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moder
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broder
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syster
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son
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dotter
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far
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mor
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bror
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pappa
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mamma
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Latin
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pater
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mater
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frater
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soror
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filius
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filia
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abba
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amma
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Italian
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padre
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madre
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fratello
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sorella
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figlio
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figlia
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papa
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mamma
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babbo
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French
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père
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mère
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frère
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soeur
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fils
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fille
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papa
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maman
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Greek
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patèr
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mètèr
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fratèr
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adelphè
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huios
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thugatèr
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abba
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amma
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Hebrew
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av
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em
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ah
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ahot
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bar, ben
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bat
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abba
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imma
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Russian
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otjets
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matj
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brat
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sjestra
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sun
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dotsj
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(old gen.
mater-)
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(older
bratrj)
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papa
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mama
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Czech
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ottets
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matka
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bratr
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sestra
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syn
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dtsera
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Finnish
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isä
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äiti
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veli
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sisar
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poika
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tytär
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emo, emä
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Hungarian
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apa
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anya
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fivér
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növér
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fia
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lánya
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testvér
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testvér
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Turkish
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baba
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anna, ana
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erkek kardeş
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kiz kardeş
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erkek evlat
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kiz evlat
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birader
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hemşire
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Notes:
- The second part of the English word father, "ther", corresponds with "ter", "der" and "dre" in other languages. In English it is found in five out of the six relationships within the family in the narrow sense. The same is the case in the other Germanic languages. Some of these, like Swedish and Dutch , have also shaped contracted forms besides the "classic" ones.
In Latin languages the "ter"-syllable is present in four cases, but apart in original Latin it has been alterated considerably.
Also Greek , be it a little different from Latin, has four times "tèr". The Slavic examples show mainly very reduced forms of "ter".
But also outside the vast Indo-European group of languages we find a comparable phenomenon. We see a couple of words in Finnish.. The word "birader" for brother in Turkish should be a loanword.
Interesting is that out of the six relationships, the "son" lacks the "ter"-syllable in all tongues.
Finally we see words related to the original simple forms for papa and mama in the above examples
from Finnish, Hungarian and Turkish.
As to Hungarian, "test" means "body" and "vér" says "blood". So a brother or sister is also called "bodyblood".
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| Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: Monday 9 July 2012 at 12.45.12 |
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