Germanic and Semitic languages have been established as two different and basically unrelated language families. This indeed explains the strong basic differences that are found between them. As a speaker of English, German and Arabic, I always notice some strange similarities in certain words from these three languages. When I look for the root of the English and German words in Proto-Germanic dictionaries, the similarity to Arabic becomes even more visible. However I do not find explanations or suggestions in the literature for these similarities. So here I list some of the words I noticed. I would be happy if you could indicate literature or share your thoughts about this. English / German / Proto-Germanic / Arabic Egg / Ei / Ajja / ojja (=egg) Field / Feld / Fela / felaha (=agriculture) House / Haus / Hus / housh (=house) Garden / Garten / Garda / garda (=garden) Ship / Schiffen / ? / sufun (=ship) Build / Bauen / Bwajan / bina (=construction) Caesar / Kaiser / Kaisar / kaisar (=strong) Cave / Käfig / Kafa / kahf (=cave) Seven / Sieben / Sebun / sebun (=seven) Harm / Harm / Harma / haram (=harm, forbidden) Source for Proto-Germanic : Gerhard Köbler, Germanisches Wörterbuch 1980, 2. A. 1982