Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “gan-”
115 words across 29 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European gan- — including can, cane, uncanny, canning, canny, cany, uncannily, cannery.
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English (43)
- can
- cane
- uncanny
- canning
- canny
- cany
- uncannily
- cannery
- can't
- cannot
- cannily
- uncanniness
- canner
- canebrake
- canniness
- decan
- oilcan
- ashcan
- jerrycan
- cann't
- canful
- caner
- canefield
- shitcan
- minican
- recan
- canelike
- dumbcane
- canegrass
- rivercane
- caneland
- caneware
- candock
- canlike
- recane
- canhouse
- ca canny
- canegrub
- can haz
- caneworking
- canefruit
- Matagorda County
- canes