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

247 words across 34 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European Herwos — including gear, garb, yore, gar, headgear, gearbox, switchgear, footgear.

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English (34)

Norwegian Bokmål (27)

Danish (25)

Swedish (23)

Old Norse (18)

Icelandic (16)

Faroese (10)

Finnish (10)

German (8)

Norwegian Nynorsk (8)

Italian (7)

Westrobothnian (6)

Dutch (4)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Middle English (4)

Old Swedish (4)

Middle High German (4)

French (3)

Old High German (3)

Luxembourgish (3)

Spanish (3)

Old English (3)

Old Saxon (3)

Estonian (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Scots (2)

Tok Pisin (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Middle French (1)

Proto-Finnic (1)

Chinese (1)

Greek (1)

Frankish (1)