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

400 words across 47 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen- — including defense, defendant, defence, defend, manifest, fence, offensive, manifestation.

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English (165)

Latin (47)

Italian (32)

Swedish (23)

French (17)

Dutch (16)

Danish (10)

Russian (7)

Faroese (6)

Icelandic (5)

Catalan (4)

Greek (4)

Ancient Greek (4)

Czech (4)

Armenian (4)

Proto-Indo-European (3)

Middle French (3)

Norwegian (3)

Polish (3)

Crimean Tatar (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Japanese (2)

Hungarian (2)

Latvian (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Georgian (2)

Yiddish (2)

Sanskrit (2)

Telugu (2)

Ido (2)

Arabic (1)

Old High German (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Estonian (1)

Slovene (1)

Maltese (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Venetian (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Hawaiian (1)

Galician (1)

Old Spanish (1)

Lithuanian (1)

Turkish (1)

Old Frisian (1)