Words that come from Proto-Germanic swa

350 words across 50 languages descend from Proto-Germanic swa — including so, such, whatsoever, whosoever, soever, insomuch, whomsoever, soe.

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Swedish (128)

English (39)

Finnish (19)

Norwegian Nynorsk (15)

Norwegian Bokmål (12)

Middle English (12)

Dutch (11)

Old English (11)

Spanish (9)

Danish (7)

Middle Dutch (7)

Icelandic (5)

Old Dutch (5)

Faroese (5)

Old Frisian (5)

Old Swedish (4)

Gothic (4)

Yiddish (4)

Elfdalian (3)

Westrobothnian (3)

Old Norse (3)

Old High German (3)

Tagalog (2)

Afrikaans (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

German (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Indonesian (2)

Jamaican Creole (2)

Latin (1)

Norwegian (1)

Proto-Mongolic (1)

Mongghul (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Limburgish (1)

Mongolian (1)

Portuguese (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Scots (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Middle High German (1)

Middle Mongol (1)

Scottish Gaelic (1)

Pichinglis (1)

French (1)

Louisiana Creole (1)

Yola (1)

Northern Altai (1)

Chinese (1)