Re: ford -furta- fare

Piotr:

There are stranger coincidences than those, but coincidences nevertheless. People find it hard to believe that Lat. deus and Gk. theos, or Latin dies and English day are unrelated. Or that Theodore and Theodoric have nothing in common, etymologically speaking. Examples could be multiplied ad infinitum to show that mere surface resemblance does not guarantee cognacy.
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I'd like to hear the etymologies behind your false friends dies-day and deus-theos (then I would be able to show off at the next dinner party!). I guess Theo-dore means "god-given" or "god-gift", and Theodo-ric "people-lord".

Hakan