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1 Dec 2020
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Почему написание слова котёнок (kitten) отличается от написания слова кошка (cat)? Почему первые буквы в этих однокренных словах разные?
Почему написание слова котёнок (kitten) отличается от написания слова кошка (cat)? Почему первые буквы в этих однокренных словах разные?
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These words don't have the same stem. English "cat" change the first letter (compared to Germanic "katte") probably due to the influence of Latin (cattus), although the pronunciation remained the same.
Kitten is theorized to be a combination of English kitling (a young of any species) and medieval French chatoun (kitten).
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