Word Relatives
moon · 5 etymological groups

“moon” in 35 languages

English moon and month share a root. Latin lūna comes from a root meaning “light”. Thai chan is related to Hindi cā̃d through Sanskrit.

Indo-European19 languages

Germanic
Italic
Slavic
Baltic
Celtic
Hellenic
Indo-Iranian

Uralic

Turkic

Afroasiatic

Sino-Tibetan

Japonic

Koreanic

Austroasiatic

Kra–Dai

Austronesian

Niger–Congo

Language isolates

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