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

203 words across 45 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European ḱlutós — 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)

Norman (5)

Old French (5)

Proto-Germanic (4)

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)

Ancient Greek (1)

Manx (1)

Norwegian (1)

Swedish (1)

Hawaiian (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Latvian (1)

Georgian (1)

Greek (1)

Proto-Celtic (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Thai (1)

Finnish (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Scots (1)

Middle High German (1)

Frankish (1)