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

258 words across 40 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European dʰerǵʰ- — including dry, drug, drugs, drain, drainage, drying, drained, draining.

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English (134)

German (29)

Dutch (8)

French (7)

Spanish (7)

Italian (6)

Proto-Germanic (6)

Portuguese (5)

Middle English (5)

Norwegian Bokmål (4)

Middle Dutch (3)

Old English (3)

Tok Pisin (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Old High German (3)

Luxembourgish (2)

Old Frisian (2)

Japanese (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Old French (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Middle High German (2)

Middle French (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Low German (1)

Tagalog (1)

Danish (1)

Irish (1)

Manx (1)

Chinook Jargon (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Hungarian (1)

Czech (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Macedonian (1)

American English (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Thai (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Middle Low German (1)