<strong>Five common English words we don’t know the origins of – including ‘boy’ and ‘dog’</strong>

"_The English lexicon includes some terms known as “proper words”, which today apparently exist only in English. Cognates for them cannot be found in any other language._

_These are very simple and common words but being unique, we cannot apply the comparative method to them and therefore cannot reconstruct their origins._"

https://theconversation.com/five-common-english-words-we-dont-know-the-origins-of-including-boy-and-dog-232299

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