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Fish
A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
The word derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *péysks, meaning a finned aquatic animal. This evolved into the Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, which transitioned through Old English 'fis?' into the modern English 'fish' via standard Germanic sound shifts.
| Language | Cognate |
|---|---|
| German | Fisch |
| Dutch | Vis |
| Swedish | Fisk |
| Icelandic | Fiskur |
| Greek | Ichthys |
| Sanskrit | Pīṣu |
School
A school is a place where people go to learn. It is also a word for a group of fish that swim together, a group of thinkers with the same ideas, or the act of teaching someone a skill.
The English word 'school' originates from the Proto-Indo-European root *se??- (to hold/possess), evolving through Proto-Germanic *sk?lu (a gathering) to Old English 'sc?l' (a place of education). It was influenced by Latin 'schola' (from Greek 'schole', meaning leisure), which shifted to denote an institution for learning, reflecting a semantic shift from 'leisure' to 'education'.
| Language | Cognate |
|---|---|
| Old English | Scōl |
| Old High German | Scuola |
| Old Norse | Skóli |
| Gothic | Skulō |
| Latin | Schola |
| Old French | Escole |
| Middle Dutch | Scole |
| Old Saxon | Scōl |
| Old Frisian | Skōl |