Words that come from Proto-Germanic þurhw

355 words across 34 languages descend from Proto-Germanic þurhw — including through, breakthrough, throughput, ski, thro, skiing, thru, skier.

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Dutch (127)

English (91)

German (50)

Old English (31)

Japanese (5)

Middle English (5)

Middle Dutch (4)

Korean (3)

Yiddish (3)

Esperanto (3)

Serbo-Croatian (3)

West Frisian (2)

Afrikaans (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

West Flemish (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Middle High German (2)

Jamaican Creole (2)

Old High German (1)

Old Dutch (1)

North Frisian (1)

Chinese (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Thai (1)

Low German (1)

Polish (1)

Jersey Dutch (1)

Silesian (1)

Romanian (1)

Kashubian (1)

Welsh (1)

Finnish (1)

Czech (1)

Khmer (1)