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[–] [email protected] 75 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Certified Professionals: "Fagfolk"

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Oh, like German "Fach" then, I assume? That does actually make sense

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Yep. Same word, just mutated slightly.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

There is a word for that, it is cognate. When words from different languages stem from the same word

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