Re: conlang/natlang coincidences

Quoting michael poxon <m.poxon@...>:

> Has anyone found coincidences across languages - for instance the Omeina
> suffix -eta (signifying a collecion of related objects, for instance ilma
> "bright star" > ilmeta "constellation (especially a notable one)". Not only
> is the suffix phonemically the same as the Basque suffix -eta, but means the
> same as well!
> Mike
Hebrew's apparently nicked the definite article _ha_ from my Telenzh.

                                            Andreas