Partial and non-partial cognate relations.

<p>The word for “moon” in Germanic and Sinitic languages is mono-morphemic in Germanic languages, while it is usually compounded in Chinese dialects, with the first element in the compound meaning “moon” proper, while the second often originally meant “shine” or “glance”. The different cognate relations among the morphemes in the Chinese words make it impossible to give a binary assessment regarding the cognacy of the four words.