Words that come from Proto-Indo-European bʰergʰ-

400 words across 44 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European bʰergʰ- — 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)

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