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

400 words across 81 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European gʷḗn — including Queen, queen, tray, dragon, Gay, Queensland, gaily, gayly.

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English (163)

Armenian (17)

Icelandic (16)

Irish (11)

Esperanto (11)

Danish (10)

Faroese (10)

Russian (9)

Serbo-Croatian (8)

Japanese (7)

Czech (7)

Persian (7)

Old Armenian (7)

French (6)

Polish (5)

Norwegian Bokmål (5)

Scottish Gaelic (4)

Norwegian Nynorsk (4)

Proto-Celtic (3)

Sanskrit (3)

Manx (3)

Gothic (3)

Albanian (3)

Khmer (3)

Old Norse (3)

Old English (3)

Old Irish (2)

Dutch (2)

Swedish (2)

Urdu (2)

Korean (2)

Bulgarian (2)

Macedonian (2)

Georgian (2)

Middle Irish (2)

Telugu (2)

Rusyn (2)

Burmese (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Vietnamese (2)

Hausa (1)

Slovak (1)

Slovene (1)

Catalan (1)

Old High German (1)

Old Danish (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Turkish (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Kashubian (1)

Mycenaean Greek (1)

Estonian (1)

Kurdish (1)

Central Kurdish (1)

Gaulish (1)

Polabian (1)

Old Polish (1)

Old Prussian (1)

Komi-Permyak (1)

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Cornish (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

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Pite Sami (1)

Proto-Athabaskan (1)

Greek (1)

Chinese (1)

Udmurt (1)

Ukrainian (1)

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Proto-Slavic (1)

Luwian (1)

Norman (1)

Scots (1)

Baluchi (1)

Spanish (1)

Thai (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Middle English (1)

Tocharian B (1)