Words that come from Proto-Indo-European bʰréh₁wr̥

400 words across 50 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European bʰréh₁wr̥ — including born, burning, burned, burn, burnt, shear, Born, sheriff.

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English (235)

Middle English (23)

Old English (19)

Dutch (16)

Japanese (9)

Old Armenian (8)

Swedish (7)

Esperanto (7)

Armenian (6)

German (6)

Cornish (5)

Italian (3)

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Scots (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

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Danish (2)

Welsh (2)

Westrobothnian (2)

Old Norse (2)

Finnish (2)

Spanish (2)

Scottish Gaelic (2)

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Ancient Greek (1)

Old High German (1)

Scanian (1)

Chinese (1)

French (1)

Polish (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Hungarian (1)

Crimean Gothic (1)

Icelandic (1)

Turkish (1)

Georgian (1)

Arabic (1)

Russian (1)

Korean (1)

Proto-Hellenic (1)

Greek (1)

Gothic (1)

Navajo (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Tagalog (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Middle High German (1)

Faroese (1)