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

128 words across 32 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European bʰértis — including fortune, unfortunate, fortunate, unfortunately, misfortune, fortunately, fortuitous, fortuitously.

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English (24)

Irish (20)

Latin (17)

Manx (8)

Spanish (8)

Italian (7)

Scottish Gaelic (6)

Old Irish (4)

French (3)

Dutch (3)

Armenian (2)

Middle French (2)

Aromanian (2)

Ligurian (2)

Old Armenian (2)

Romanian (2)

Corsican (1)

Friulian (1)

Laz (1)

Kurdish (1)

Albanian (1)

Istriot (1)

Proto-Celtic (1)

Russian (1)

Catalan (1)

Portuguese (1)

Serbo-Croatian (1)

Welsh (1)

Proto-Brythonic (1)

Middle English (1)

Old French (1)

Proto-Italic (1)