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

295 words across 46 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European bʰes- — including Berry, berries, berry, blueberry, gooseberry, besom, elderberry, bilberry.

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English (136)

German (20)

Dutch (16)

Faroese (9)

Norwegian Nynorsk (7)

Old English (7)

Danish (6)

Swedish (6)

Old High German (5)

Norwegian Bokmål (5)

Albanian (4)

Esperanto (4)

West Flemish (4)

Greek (4)

Middle English (4)

Sanskrit (3)

Afrikaans (3)

Middle Dutch (3)

Old Dutch (3)

Proto-Germanic (3)

Proto-Indo-European (3)

Middle Low German (3)

West Frisian (2)

Ancient Greek (2)

Old Frisian (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Proto-Albanian (2)

German Low German (2)

Hindi (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Limburgish (2)

Proto-Indo-Aryan (2)

Proto-Indo-Iranian (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Middle High German (2)

Old Swedish (1)

Indonesian (1)

Icelandic (1)

Japanese (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Chinese (1)

Yiddish (1)

Gujarati (1)

Portuguese (1)

Old Norse (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)