Re: HORSA vs. EXWA

At 1:15:11 PM on Thursday, March 8, 2012, Rick McCallister
wrote:

> From: Brian M. Scott <bm.brian@...>

>> Don't be silly. The word 'cognate' *means* that there is
>> a genetic relationship. When you say that A and B are
>> cognate, YOU ARE ASSERTING A GENETIC RELATIONSHIP.

> ***R Well, yes and no. Theoretically, and by definition,
> cognates do indicate a genetic relationship BUT in popular
> parlance, they mean words that look alike and mean alike
> and can be traced back to the same source, even if that
> source is borrowed e.g. Eng. paternal vs. Sp. paterno
> --which are only "cognate" due to a loan into English

I don't expect to find any regular here using popular
parlance in this matter, however.

Brian