Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “(s)gʷʰh₂el-”

40 words across 14 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European (s)gʷʰh₂el- — including asphalt, asphaltic, sphalerite, asphaltene, deasphalting, deasphalted, sphaleron, asphaltite.

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English (18)

Italian (4)

Ancient Greek (3)

Spanish (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Dutch (1)

Irish (1)

Japanese (1)

Greek (1)

Portuguese (1)

Galician (1)

Late Latin (1)

Middle French (1)