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

400 words across 32 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European gʷémtis — including basis, base, basic, database, bases, baseball, basically, baseline.

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English (232)

French (40)

Italian (27)

Dutch (22)

Hungarian (12)

Esperanto (6)

Telugu (6)

Galician (5)

Welsh (5)

Turkish (4)

Russian (4)

Latin (3)

Catalan (3)

Afrikaans (3)

Japanese (3)

Ancient Greek (2)

Czech (2)

Polish (2)

Crimean Tatar (2)

Old Spanish (2)

Hebrew (2)

Irish (2)

Ido (2)

Middle French (1)

Asturian (1)

Danish (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Chinese (1)

Sanskrit (1)

Norwegian (1)

Greek (1)

Tagalog (1)