Words that come from Proto-Indo-European bʰōw-

400 words across 40 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European bʰōw- — including book, books, bosom, bucket, textbook, notebook, buck, handbook.

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English (305)

Dutch (25)

French (9)

Japanese (5)

Volapük (4)

Russian (4)

Icelandic (3)

Korean (3)

Swedish (2)

Latin (2)

Danish (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Chuukese (2)

Polish (2)

Old Frisian (2)

Yiddish (2)

Armenian (2)

Hausa (1)

Catalan (1)

Middle French (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Marshallese (1)

Czech (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Esperanto (1)

Italian (1)

Somali (1)

Hungarian (1)

Chinese (1)

West Flemish (1)

German Low German (1)

Welsh (1)

Middle High German (1)

Irish (1)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Zulu (1)

Galician (1)