head and its cognatives

Head was originally heafod in old english.

Derived originally from PIE *kauput

Cognatives in other indo-european language are

German;hsupt
Latin;caput
greek kefalo?
Sanskrit;kaput

placenames possibly connected are
cefalu
cephalonia

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Water and its cognatives

Originally from IE *water, it has cognatives in the following languages.
armenian,macedonian and phrgyian;Bedu
Gaelic;uisge; rivernames Ouse and Usk,axe,exeter whiskey and origin of the word whiskey

German;Wasser
greek;hydro
Hittite;vatar


Rivernames which are related possibly include the following;

Bedinja;croatia

Weser;germany

Mountain and its related words

Mountain is related to;
Basque;mendi
Latin;mons
possibly related to welsh pen and pindhos, a mountain range in Greece

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