How can I efficiently find lists of cognates and false friends?

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I'm referring to cognates and false friends of two languages. Books list some of them, but usually not exhaustively.

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asked Apr 13, 2020 at 22:36

user90

Are you interested in this just for fun, or as part of actually studying a language? If it's the latter, I feel like learning from lists is less effective than learning from context - books, movies, music, etc. As for cognates, this could be a very long list depending on how close the two languages are. You can use Wiktionary to understand the origin of individual words, and their cognates in other languages.
– RuslanD
Apr 30, 2020 at 6:19
@RuslanD "Are you interested in this just for fun, or as part of actually studying a language?" Both.
– user90
Apr 30, 2020 at 20:30

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