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

400 words across 44 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European bʰerǵʰ- — including force, effort, comfort, comfortable, piano, fort, uncomfortable, Brian.

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English (263)

French (19)

Italian (14)

Dutch (10)

Swedish (10)

Latin (9)

Middle French (5)

Icelandic (5)

Faroese (5)

Russian (4)

Sanskrit (4)

Old High German (3)

Danish (3)

Galician (3)

Old Occitan (3)

Esperanto (3)

Proto-Celtic (3)

Middle Dutch (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Afrikaans (2)

Irish (2)

Polish (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Old East Slavic (2)

Frankish (1)

Volapük (1)

Chinese (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Marshallese (1)

Gaulish (1)

Kalasha (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Catalan (1)

Ido (1)

Polabian (1)

Ladin (1)

Norwegian (1)

Asturian (1)

Macedonian (1)

Slovene (1)

Old Irish (1)

Classical Syriac (1)

Arabic (1)

Ancient Greek (1)