同根語

Japanese

Kanji in this term
同	根	語
どう Grade: 2	こん Grade: 3	ご Grade: 2
kan’yōon	on’yomi	goon

Etymology

Compound of 同根 (dōkon, “cognate; sibling”, literally “same + root”) +‎ 語 (go, “word”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [do̞ːkõ̞ŋɡo̞]

Noun

同(どう)根(こん)語(ご) • (dōkongo) 

1. (linguistics) cognate (word), paronym

Usage notes

This appears to be a specialist term. While it is used in various references (see search results for Kotobank, for instance), those same references do not include an entry for this specific term.