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

272 words across 66 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European ǵómbʰos — including coming, forthcoming, comb, upcoming, cam, oncoming, combing, shortcoming.

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Finnish (70)

English (69)

Dutch (8)

Polish (7)

Serbo-Croatian (7)

Czech (6)

Estonian (5)

Latvian (5)

Old English (5)

Middle High German (5)

French (4)

Middle English (4)

German (4)

Old High German (4)

Greek (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Slovak (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Proto-Finnic (2)

Italian (2)

Faroese (2)

Icelandic (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Old Frisian (2)

Romanian (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Old Norse (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Tok Pisin (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Swedish (1)

Albanian (1)

Sanskrit (1)

Ancient Greek (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Karelian (1)

Võro (1)

Slovene (1)

Kashubian (1)

Macedonian (1)

Proto-Hellenic (1)

Votic (1)

Veps (1)

Proto-Albanian (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Ingrian (1)

Lithuanian (1)

Livonian (1)

Proto-Tocharian (1)

Latin (1)

Danish (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Elfdalian (1)

Old Church Slavonic (1)

Proto-Slavic (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)