I fancied doing a little sprachsbund table.
Germanic words are like this, Romantic words like this, and Slavic words like this.
| English | German | French | Spanish | Polish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cat | Katze | chat | gato | kot |
| dog | Hund | chien | perro | pies |
| cow | Kuh | vache | vaca | krowa |
| ox | Ochse | boeuf | buey | wol |
| sheep | Schaf | mouton | oveja | owca |
| goat | Ziege | chevre | cabra | koza |
| horse | Pferd | cheval | caballo | kon |
| bird | Vogel | oiseau | pajaro | ptak |
| fish | Fisch | poisson | pez | ryba |
| frog | Frosch | grenoille | rana | zaba |
Bet you never thought Pferd was a Romance noun!
It derives from Latin paraveredus (substitute post horse).