Words that come from Proto-Indo-European bʰā-

400 words across 47 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European bʰā- — including boy, boys, baby, bo, boyfriend, boyhood, cowboy, babe.

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English (242)

Danish (24)

Dutch (16)

Cebuano (11)

German (10)

Portuguese (7)

French (5)

Russian (5)

Italian (4)

Korean (4)

Japanese (4)

Tok Pisin (4)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Norwegian Bokmål (4)

Norwegian Nynorsk (4)

Welsh (3)

Finnish (3)

Spanish (3)

Romanian (3)

Icelandic (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Swedish (2)

Chinese (2)

Estonian (2)

Hawaiian (2)

Yiddish (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Vietnamese (2)

Old English (2)

Middle English (2)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Tagalog (1)

Faroese (1)

Catalan (1)

Turkish (1)

Armenian (1)

Yup'ik (1)

Hausa (1)

Thai (1)

Old Norse (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Pijin (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Old High German (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European bʰā- — 400 descendants | Etymology Explorer