Words that come from Proto-Hellenic gʷə́tis

400 words across 31 languages descend from Proto-Hellenic gʷə́tis — including basis, base, basic, database, bases, baseball, basically, baseline.

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English (236)

French (40)

Italian (28)

Dutch (21)

Hungarian (13)

Galician (6)

Esperanto (6)

Welsh (5)

Turkish (4)

Russian (4)

Latin (3)

Catalan (3)

Afrikaans (3)

Japanese (3)

Ancient Greek (2)

Czech (2)

Polish (2)

Crimean Tatar (2)

Old Spanish (2)

Hebrew (2)

Irish (2)

Ido (2)

Middle French (1)

Asturian (1)

Danish (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Chinese (1)

Norwegian (1)

Greek (1)

Tagalog (1)

Korean (1)