Words that come from Proto-Indo-European g(e)lēi-

128 words across 29 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European g(e)lēi- — including clean, cleansing, cleaner, cleanse, cleanup, cleanest, cleanser, cleanseth.

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English (42)

German (34)

Dutch (12)

Old English (7)

Serbo-Croatian (3)

Middle English (3)

Tok Pisin (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Alemannic German (2)

Middle High German (2)

Low German (1)

Icelandic (1)

Danish (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Old High German (1)

Yiddish (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Japanese (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Limburgish (1)

Finnish (1)

Old Norse (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)