Words that come from Proto-Indo-European bhleg-

400 words across 57 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European bhleg- — including black, male, Black, mail, blank, blanket, mailed, blacksmith.

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English (234)

Italian (28)

French (23)

Spanish (11)

Japanese (7)

Catalan (7)

Norman (6)

Swedish (4)

Danish (4)

Portuguese (4)

Old French (4)

Middle English (4)

Dutch (3)

Proto-Germanic (3)

Finnish (3)

German (3)

Old English (3)

Afrikaans (2)

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Irish (2)

Asturian (2)

Dalmatian (2)

Old Norse (2)

Thai (2)

Tok Pisin (2)

Walloon (2)

Frankish (1)

Middle French (1)

Latin (1)

Samoan (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Gamilaraay (1)

Slovak (1)

Volapük (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Russian (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Michif (1)

Welsh (1)

Korean (1)

Corsican (1)

Sicilian (1)

Greenlandic (1)

Friulian (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Ladin (1)

Istriot (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Galician (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Plautdietsch (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Swahili (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Occitan (1)

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