Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “ē-”

54 words across 22 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European ē- — including if, endif, iffy, iffiness, ef, if, apā, po.

See the etymology of ē- itself →

German (10)

English (6)

Old High German (5)

Middle English (4)

Old Danish (3)

Icelandic (2)

Albanian (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Hungarian (2)

Gothic (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Old English (2)

Old Norse (2)

Middle High German (2)

Volapük (1)

Proto-Albanian (1)

Yiddish (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Danish (1)

Central Franconian (1)

West Frisian (1)

Old Frisian (1)