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**RUN**

It seems that in many languages there is a connection between \'\'run\'\' and \'\'flow\'\'.

In French, both \'\'courir\'\' and \'\'couler\'\' come from Latin \'\'currere\'\', \"to run.\" Eventually from the PIE word for \"run\", which is also apparent in forms such as \'\'car\'\'.
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**SUN**

Many words in IE languages such as \'\'sun\'\', \'\'sol\'\', \'\'helios\'\', are derived from an IE word, presumably a semantic prime.

In Malay, \'\'matahari\'\' is a compound, literally [eye] of the [day].
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European languages generally use a word derived from the Greek leon, whose etymology is uncertain.
word simba derives simba, Indonesian singa, Lao sing, etc., derive from the Sanskrit sinha. This form is seen in Singapore, Sinhalese, and Singh. Chinese shi and Japanese shishi are probably derived from this as well.
Turkish and Persian use the word aslan. aslan. Arabic asad seems related to this.
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**LION**
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Panthera leo\'\'

European languages generally use a word derived from the Greek \'\'leon\'\', whose etymology is uncertain.

The Swahili word \'\'simba\'\' derives from the Sanskrit \'\'sinha\'\'. This form is seen in \'\'Singapore\'\', \'\'Sinhalese\'\', and \'\'Singh\'\'.

Turkish and Persian use the word \'\'aslan\'\'.
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**BOAT**

The Malay word \'\'kapal\'\' is a loan from Tamil.
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In Malay, the word \'\'katil \'\'is a loanword from Tamil.
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**AFTER, BEHIND**

This word is often related to the anatomical word \"[back].\"

In Ewe, a Niger-Congol language, \'\'megbe\'\' means both \"back\" and \"after.\"
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**UNDERSTAND**

In many languages the word for \"understand\" is related to \"[cut]\". Swahili \'\'kata shauri\'\' means \"cut matter.\" German \'\'ent-scheiden\'\' comes from \"separate.\" Green \'\'diaireo\" comes from \"cleave in twain.\" Basque \'\'ebaraki\'\' comes from \'\'ebaki\'\' (\"cut\"). Indonesian \'\'memutuskan\'\' derives from \'\'putus\'\' (\"sever\"). In Endo, a Nilo-Saharan language, \'\'til\'\' also means \"cut\". In ancident Akkadian, \'\'parasum\'\' also meant \"cut.\" In Hebrew, \'\'gazar\'\' means \"cut.\" In Chinese, \'\'jue\'\' means \"cut.\" In Japanese, \'\'kimeru\'\' is etymologically related to \'\'kiru\'\' (\"cut\").

In English, \'\'understand\'\' comes from \"stand under\".
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**HOLD**

Spanish \'\'tener\'\' derives from PIE \'\'ten-\'\' meaning \"to stretch\".
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**FOOT**

European words such as English \'\'foot\'\' are derived from PIE \'\'pod\'\' meaning \"foot\".

Japanese is \'\'ashi\'\'.
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The English branch is from Late Latin branca meaning "paw" or "claw".
meaning "branch". "branch", derived from PIE root wrad-, meaning "root" or "twig".
Japanese eda.
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The English branch is from Late Latin branca meaning "paw" or "claw".
The Spanish rama is from the Latin ramus meaning "branch".
Japanese eda.
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