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They have the same etymological root, from a Proto-Germanic word for a lump, which is the tooth (cog) on a cogwheel, or the round bulky lump of a cog ship.


So they're cognates.


Cog mates, even


Nice


Godammit


No... Cog, damnit.


But "cognate" is not.




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