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

287 words across 69 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European ǵómbʰ- — including coming, forthcoming, comb, upcoming, cam, oncoming, combing, shortcoming.

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English (72)

Finnish (70)

Polish (11)

Dutch (8)

Czech (7)

Serbo-Croatian (7)

Estonian (5)

Latvian (5)

Old English (5)

Middle High German (5)

French (4)

Middle English (4)

German (4)

Old High German (4)

Romanian (3)

Greek (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Slovak (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Proto-Finnic (2)

Slovene (2)

Italian (2)

Faroese (2)

Icelandic (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Old Frisian (2)

Proto-Slavic (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Old Norse (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Tok Pisin (2)

Upper Sorbian (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Swedish (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Albanian (1)

Sanskrit (1)

Ancient Greek (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Karelian (1)

Võro (1)

Kashubian (1)

Macedonian (1)

Proto-Hellenic (1)

Votic (1)

Veps (1)

Russian (1)

Proto-Albanian (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Ingrian (1)

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Livonian (1)

Proto-Tocharian (1)

Latin (1)

Danish (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Elfdalian (1)

Old Church Slavonic (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Tocharian B (1)

Lower Sorbian (1)

Thai (1)

Portuguese (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Ludian (1)

Hindi (1)

Proto-Balto-Slavic (1)

Proto-Indo-Iranian (1)