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The Wikipedia pages might be difficult to understand at first glance. So let me try to rewrite some examples so you may understand them better.

Greek - Zeus (full form: Zeus Pater, meaning  Sky Father )

Latin - Jupiter (shortened version of Ios Pater (I think), which is a cognate of Zeus Pater, and means  Sky Father )

Sanskrit - Dyaus Pita (means  Sky Father )

Pater, Pita and Father sound similar and mean the same. They've got to be cognates. So, 'Father' should come in the second name for an English version of Zeus Pater.

After some searching (refer to the Online Etymology Dictionary, if you are interested. Etymology involves finding the ancestors of a word as far back as possible, like finding the lineage of a person.) we find that 'zeus', 'ios' and 'dyaus' mean 'shining'. They share their root word with 'deity' and 'divine'. In fact, the Norse god Tiwaz's name seems to have the same root as well. So, the English equivalent of the first word could be 'divine'.

Thus, Zeus Pater would be a cognate of Divine Father!