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cognates for physical integrity

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cognates for physical integrity
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wassail   has been listed 31 times with 0 comments
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holy   has been listed 15 times with 0 comments
heil   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
heal   has been listed 7 times with 0 comments
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healthy   has been listed 9 times with 0 comments
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8 months ago bilby said:

I'm not convinced that I'm completely on top of what this list is about but it's a promising beginning. I hope it develops further and that I learn some more.

8 months ago rolig said:

also hail, as in "Hail, Caesar!" and, for the Christmas season, wassail, from the Old English wæs hæil, "be in good health".

8 months ago umlando said:

I stumbled across this and realized what I was seeing when I was studying Afrikaans - though now I can't recall exactly what triggered my realization that whole and heal are cognates with overlapping meaning. In our New Age philosophies, we see "oneness" and healing and feeling whole and... OK, this is a stretch... healthy foods like organic, soy-based granola. That last one can't be a real connection, but it was fun.

After that, hale, heil and holy (but not holey - an antonymic homonym) were the most fun to link.

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