False cognates are pairs of words in the same or different languages that are similar in form and meaning but have different roots. The term false cognates is also used (incorrectly in linguistic...
'hallo' is not 'hello', but 'I find' from (infinitive) 'hallar' = 'to find' 'sin' is not 'a bad action', but 'without' 'fin' is not what a shark has, but 'end' 'sin fin' = 'without end' '(un) sinfin'...