User:Frigoris/Fausses amies

False friends in Chinese

• 衛 (OC *ɢʷads) !~ English guards, wards
• 飛蓬 (OC *pɯl boːŋ) !~ English fleabane
  • The State of Wey is proud of their false friends.
• 涕 (OC *tʰiːls) !~ English tears
• 甸 (OC *l'iːŋs) !~ Latin līmes
• 板 (OC *praːnʔ) !~ English plank
• 混 (OC *ɡuːnʔ) !~ English goon
• 行 (OC *ɡaːŋ, *ɡraːŋ) !~ German Gang
• 施 (OC *hljal), /*l̥aj/ !~ English lay
• 貴 (OC *kluds) !~ English clouts, Ancient Greek κλέος (kléos), PGmc *hlautiz
• 曲 (OC *kʰoɡ), /*kʰ(r)ok/ !~ PGmc *krōkaz words
• 羈 (OC *kral) !~ English corral, Afrikaans kraal, etc.
• 隔 (OC *kreːɡ) !~ English crag
• 隘 (OC *qreːɡs) !~ English crags
• 鴿 (OC *kuːb) !~ English squab, Latin columba, Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos), etc.
• 修 (OC *slɯw), /*sliw/ !~ English slim
• 削 (OC *slewɢ) !~ English slay, PGmc *slahaną descendants
• 析 (OC *seːɡ) !~ Latin secō, PIE *sek- words