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

232 words across 20 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European bʰleg- — including black, male, Black, mail, mailed, blacksmith, mailbox, blackboard.

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English (195)

Japanese (6)

Danish (4)

Norman (4)

French (3)

Middle English (3)

Irish (2)

Thai (2)

Tok Pisin (2)

Italian (1)

Samoan (1)

Volapük (1)

Russian (1)

Korean (1)

Greenlandic (1)

Portuguese (1)

Old English (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Scots (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)