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

202 words across 43 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European ḱlewtos — including Louis, loud, Lewis, Louisiana, Louise, Luis, Ludwig, louis.

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English (42)

German (40)

Esperanto (15)

French (9)

Dutch (8)

Old High German (7)

Middle English (6)

Italian (5)

Proto-Germanic (5)

Norman (5)

Old French (5)

Serbo-Croatian (4)

Middle Dutch (3)

Russian (3)

Japanese (3)

Spanish (3)

Portuguese (3)

Danish (2)

Latin (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Old Frisian (2)

Tagalog (2)

Cebuano (2)

Old English (2)

Middle French (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Medieval Latin (2)

West Frisian (1)

Manx (1)

Norwegian (1)

Swedish (1)

Hawaiian (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Latvian (1)

Georgian (1)

Greek (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Thai (1)

Finnish (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Scots (1)

Middle High German (1)

Frankish (1)