Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “"pl̥Hon-"”

65 words across 19 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European "pl̥Hon-" — including fool, foolish, foolishly, fooling, foal, foolproof, foolishest, tomfool.

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English (33)

Middle English (5)

Middle High German (4)

Dutch (3)

German (3)

Icelandic (2)

Old High German (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Old Swedish (1)

Gothic (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Old English (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Old Norse (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)