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

100 words across 39 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European ḱol- — including hall, halls, hallway, hallmark, Valhalla, dancehall, guildhall, hallstand.

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English (20)

Finnish (15)

German (6)

Dutch (5)

Icelandic (4)

Danish (3)

French (3)

Middle English (3)

Swedish (2)

Turkish (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Irish (2)

Japanese (2)

Old Norse (2)

Portuguese (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Old English (2)

Proto-Indo-European (2)

Welsh (1)

Polish (1)

Russian (1)

Latin (1)

Faroese (1)

Italian (1)

Zulu (1)

Esperanto (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Proto-Celtic (1)

Middle French (1)

Old French (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Middle Irish (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Middle High German (1)

Frankish (1)

Old High German (1)