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

230 words across 55 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European gelH- — including cling, clink, clench, clinking, clinch, callow, clingy, clincher.

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English (37)

Serbo-Croatian (31)

Czech (17)

Polish (15)

German (9)

Dutch (7)

French (7)

Russian (6)

Macedonian (5)

Old English (5)

Icelandic (4)

Slovak (4)

Slovene (4)

Welsh (4)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Proto-Slavic (4)

Middle English (4)

Ukrainian (3)

Lithuanian (3)

Esperanto (3)

Old High German (3)

Middle Dutch (3)

Middle High German (3)

Old East Slavic (3)

Afrikaans (2)

Ancient Greek (2)

Swedish (2)

Bulgarian (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Proto-Indo-European (2)

Old Norse (2)

Lower Sorbian (2)

Old French (2)

Old Church Slavonic (2)

Old Dutch (2)

West Frisian (1)

Kashubian (1)

Old Prussian (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Hungarian (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Yiddish (1)

Silesian (1)

Latvian (1)

Latgalian (1)

Upper Sorbian (1)

Belarusian (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Proto-Balto-Slavic (1)

Proto-Celtic (1)

Frankish (1)

Middle French (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Old Saxon (1)