Words that come from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos

400 words across 53 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos — including book, books, textbook, notebook, handbook, beech, booklet, bookstore.

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English (199)

Swedish (47)

Icelandic (18)

Dutch (16)

Danish (13)

Russian (10)

French (10)

Faroese (6)

Czech (5)

Afrikaans (5)

Yiddish (5)

Luxembourgish (4)

West Frisian (3)

Latin (3)

Translingual (3)

Polish (3)

Volapük (3)

Italian (3)

Middle Dutch (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Old Frisian (2)

Old High German (2)

Macedonian (2)

North Frisian (2)

Catalan (2)

Japanese (2)

Hungarian (2)

Ancient Greek (1)

Hausa (1)

Aromanian (1)

Marshallese (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Basque (1)

Bulgarian (1)

Old East Slavic (1)

Ukrainian (1)

Esperanto (1)

Neapolitan (1)

Chuukese (1)

Proto-Hellenic (1)

Gothic (1)

Slovene (1)

Galician (1)

Cia-Cia (1)

Korean (1)

Somali (1)

Chinese (1)

Georgian (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Gallo (1)

Elfdalian (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos — 400 descendants | Etymology Explorer