Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “(s)lew-”
96 words across 17 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European (s)lew- — including slow, slower, slumber, slowness, slumberous, slumberer, slumbereth, slowpoke.
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English (40)
- slow
- slower
- slumber
- slowness
- slumberous
- slumberer
- slumbereth
- slowpoke
- lither
- slumberland
- slumberously
- slumberest
- ultraslow
- slowish
- slowcoach
- slowfooted
- slowplay
- slumberless
- superslow
- slumbery
- slocken
- sloweth
- slowball
- slowpitch
- slumberousness
- sloomy
- slumbersome
- sleck
- sloom
- overslow
- slumberlike
- slowcore
- slowback
- litherness
- slow-burning
- slumberwear
- lidderon
- slumberful
- slowass
- slowsome