Words that come from Proto-Indo-European gʷol-

113 words across 25 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European gʷol- — including coal, charcoal, collie, cole, coalfield, coalmining, coalmine, coaly.

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English (52)

Danish (7)

Swedish (7)

Norwegian Bokmål (7)

Irish (6)

Icelandic (5)

Middle English (4)

Old Irish (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Old Norse (2)

Old English (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Hausa (1)

Faroese (1)

Norwegian (1)

Manx (1)

Old High German (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Yiddish (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Finnish (1)

Scottish Gaelic (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Tok Pisin (1)