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

95 words across 35 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European (s)kerb- — including sharp, sharper, escarpment, sharps, sharpshooter, sharpshooting, unsharp, sharpish.

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English (25)

German (8)

Dutch (7)

Italian (7)

French (4)

Norwegian Bokmål (4)

Middle Dutch (3)

Old Saxon (3)

Albanian (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Afrikaans (2)

Old Frisian (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Old English (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Polish (1)

Japanese (1)

Galician (1)

German Low German (1)

Old High German (1)

Yiddish (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Swedish (1)

Old Norse (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Bavarian (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Thai (1)

Serbo-Croatian (1)

Spanish (1)

Middle English (1)

Proto-Albanian (1)

Middle High German (1)

Middle Low German (1)