Words that come from Proto-Germanic -hw

400 words across 32 languages descend from Proto-Germanic -hw — including want, wanted, likely, eye, ye, likelihood, wont, ya.

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Finnish (206)

English (76)

Korean (40)

Estonian (29)

Old English (11)

Gothic (6)

Dutch (2)

Icelandic (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Yiddish (2)

French (2)

German (2)

Swedish (1)

Southern Sami (1)

Ume Sami (1)

Vandalic (1)

Nigerian Pidgin (1)

Old High German (1)

Lule Sami (1)

Pite Sami (1)

Inari Sami (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Gutnish (1)

Latin (1)

Polish (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Translingual (1)

Bislama (1)

Japanese (1)

Ingrian (1)

Indonesian (1)

Danish (1)