Words that come from Proto-Germanic “kwemaną”

400 words across 52 languages descend from Proto-Germanic kwemaną — including would, will, come, become, Will, becoming, willing, outcome.

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English (127)

German (68)

Dutch (43)

Old English (20)

Swedish (11)

Luxembourgish (10)

Icelandic (8)

Danish (8)

Esperanto (8)

Norwegian Bokmål (8)

Middle English (7)

Middle Dutch (5)

Afrikaans (4)

North Frisian (4)

Yiddish (4)

Scots (4)

Proto-Germanic (4)

West Frisian (3)

Old Frisian (3)

Gothic (3)

Alemannic German (3)

Old Saxon (3)

French (2)

Cebuano (2)

Faroese (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Old High German (2)

Central Franconian (2)

Low German (2)

Saterland Frisian (2)

Old Norse (2)

Portuguese (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Tok Pisin (2)

Italian (1)

Crimean Gothic (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Jamtish (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Catalan (1)

Novial (1)

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Japanese (1)

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Cimbrian (1)

Spanish (1)

Tagalog (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Limburgish (1)

Pitcairn-Norfolk (1)