Prof Petri Kallio from the University of Helsinki suggests that several cognate words describing technological inventions - such as the wheel - are evident across different languages.

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These are etymologically related words that pop up in different languages.

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The two languages are as different in structure and syntax as can be, and evolved in very different cultures.

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