Words that come from Proto-Indo-European bʰed-

400 words across 45 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European bʰed- — including better, best, boat, beast, boot, steamboat, betterment, boating.

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English (263)

Dutch (11)

Icelandic (11)

French (10)

Swedish (7)

German (7)

Danish (6)

Middle Dutch (5)

Old Dutch (5)

Ido (5)

Old English (5)

Italian (4)

Middle English (4)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Faroese (3)

Luxembourgish (3)

Gothic (3)

Yiddish (3)

Spanish (3)

Old French (3)

Old High German (2)

Catalan (2)

Middle French (2)

Japanese (2)

Korean (2)

Greek (2)

Middle Welsh (2)

Telugu (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Old Norse (2)

Old Swedish (1)

Esperanto (1)

Czech (1)

Turkish (1)

Russian (1)

Latin (1)

Marathi (1)

Armenian (1)

Seychellois Creole (1)

Scots (1)

Cebuano (1)

Portuguese (1)

Norman (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Mauritian Creole (1)

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