What words in multiple languages are related in interesting ways?

language/multi.lingual Restored

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Problem

What words in multiple languages are related in interesting ways?

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Synonymous reversals:
    Dutch: nier (kidney), French: rein
    French: etats, English: state

Bilingual palindrome (Italian - English):

        E' FILO TESO PER SITI STRANI - IN ARTS IT IS REPOSE TO LIFE

-- Lisa Maccari <lisa@arcetri.astro.it>, who asked for other examples

[ Editor: see also language/french/french.palindromes for
French-English pairs by Luc Etienne. ]