Words that come from Indo-European “*ger-”

345 words across 66 languages descend from Indo-European *ger- — including creep, creeping, crackers, encroachment, crotch, crutch, creepy, cracker.

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English (123)

French (23)

Swedish (20)

Middle English (13)

Old English (10)

Romanian (10)

Old French (9)

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Proto-Germanic (5)

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Scottish Gaelic (4)

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