Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “ḱwey-”
131 words across 30 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European ḱwey- — including whisper, whistle, whispering, whistling, whining, whine, cyan, whistleblowing.
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English (67)
- whisper
- whistle
- whispering
- whistling
- whining
- whine
- cyan
- whistleblowing
- hydrocyanic
- whiny
- whispery
- whisperer
- whiner
- cyanate
- whisperingly
- whiney
- whingeing
- whinge
- cyanic
- pennywhistle
- whinger
- whiningly
- whistlestop
- haemocyanin
- whispereth
- wistly
- selenocyanate
- whisperest
- whininess
- whistly
- whistlingly
- thiocyanic
- whisperous
- whineth
- hydrocyanate
- whistlelike
- hydroferricyanic
- isocyanic
- wishly
- whingy
- whinest
- whistleable
- whistlewing
- whistlewood
- semiwhisper
- oxyhaemocyanin
- whistleberries
- bewhisper
- cyanean
- whinnock
- whisperously
- whistlefish
- whistle-blower
- whistle blower
- stage whisper
- whingle
- whinily
- whineling
- oocyan
- niggerwhine
- œnocyan
- cyanise
- postwhistle
- whingeingly
- unwhistleable
- whispersome
- whistleblower