Words that come from Proto-Indo-European el-

109 words across 35 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European el- — including heels, heel, eel, heeled, hale, awl, aul, eelgrass.

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English (49)

Finnish (16)

Middle English (6)

Proto-Germanic (3)

Old High German (2)

French (2)

Old English (2)

German (2)

Sanskrit (1)

Kalasha (1)

Latin (1)

Proto-Finnic (1)

Icelandic (1)

Estonian (1)

Veps (1)

Polish (1)

Esperanto (1)

Eastern Mari (1)

Erzya (1)

Komi-Permyak (1)

Võro (1)

Votic (1)

Proto-Uralic (1)

Old Norse (1)

Old French (1)

Hindi (1)

Proto-Indo-Aryan (1)

Proto-Indo-Iranian (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Ludian (1)

Cimbrian (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Vulgar Latin (1)

Frankish (1)

Middle High German (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European el- — 109 descendants | Etymology Explorer