King - Koning

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Dutch: Koning

English: King

Indonesian: Raja

Koreaans: Wang 

Germanic

 - English and Dutch are similar because they both orginated from the Germanic language.

- Germanic is part of the indo european language family

Germanic: Kuningaz

Cognates: 

English: King

Dutch: Koning

Grandparent

Parent

Children

Proto-Indo-European

Germanic

Dutch, English, etc

Lets come up with some cognates!

Lets come up with some cognates!

Lets come up with some Dutch words, that look like their English counterpart

Example: King and Koning 

Examples

Chocolate - Chocolade

Doctor - Dokter

Elephant - Olifant

Father - Vader

Idea - Idee

Music - Muziek

Problem - Probleem

In conclusion

The english word 'King' and the dutch word 'Koning' look and sound alike because?