1The English word 'father' is a cognate of the German word 'vater'.
2Are the words 'nation' and 'nación' cognates in English and Spanish?
3The cognates between French and Italian are numerous due to their shared Latin roots.
4If you know a word in one language, you can often guess its cognate in another language.
5Linguists study cognates to understand the historical relationships between languages.