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

308 words across 54 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákt — including lettuce, lactic, lactate, lactose, lactation, lactating, latte, lactase.

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English (82)

Italian (38)

Latin (37)

French (20)

Spanish (14)

Portuguese (9)

Norman (9)

Aromanian (8)

Irish (7)

Esperanto (5)

Romanian (5)

Friulian (4)

Old Irish (4)

Ido (3)

Galician (3)

Asturian (3)

Catalan (3)

Cebuano (3)

Old French (3)

Middle English (3)

Middle French (2)

Dutch (2)

Japanese (2)

Welsh (2)

Sicilian (2)

Hungarian (2)

Tagalog (2)

German (2)

Occitan (2)

Old Portuguese (2)

Vulgar Latin (2)

Translingual (1)

Breton (1)

Cornish (1)

Hebrew (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Lombard (1)

Venetian (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Extremaduran (1)

Chinese (1)

Greek (1)

Zulu (1)

Ligurian (1)

Romansch (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Finnish (1)

Hijazi Arabic (1)

Central Huasteca Nahuatl (1)

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl (1)

Western Huasteca Nahuatl (1)

Proto-Brythonic (1)

Medieval Latin (1)

Old Spanish (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European ǵlákt — 308 descendants | Etymology Explorer