Words that come from Proto-Indo-European dʰéws

252 words across 36 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European dʰéws — including dear, deer, dearest, reindeer, endearing, dere, dearie, endear.

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English (48)

Dutch (42)

German (39)

Norwegian Bokmål (28)

Norwegian Nynorsk (25)

Danish (14)

Middle English (8)

Swedish (6)

Luxembourgish (6)

Afrikaans (4)

Old English (3)

West Frisian (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Old Frisian (2)

Old Norse (2)

German Low German (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old High German (1)

Hunsrik (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Icelandic (1)

Gothic (1)

Faroese (1)

Elfdalian (1)

Ido (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Limburgish (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Malay (1)

Romansch (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Middle High German (1)

Middle Low German (1)