Words that come from Proto-Indo-European gen-

400 words across 39 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European gen- — including can, could, con, cunning, uncanny, ken, uncouth, cunningly.

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English (87)

German (74)

Dutch (59)

Norwegian Bokmål (30)

Norwegian Nynorsk (15)

Danish (14)

Old English (14)

Icelandic (13)

Middle English (10)

Swedish (9)

Middle Dutch (7)

Old Norse (6)

Old Saxon (6)

Scots (6)

Faroese (5)

Proto-Germanic (5)

Estonian (4)

Old Swedish (3)

Luxembourgish (3)

Gothic (3)

Silesian (3)

Low German (2)

Old Frisian (2)

Afrikaans (2)

North Frisian (2)

Central Franconian (2)

West Frisian (2)

Old Dutch (1)

Old High German (1)

Hungarian (1)

Russian (1)

Volapük (1)

Korean (1)

Kashubian (1)

Yiddish (1)

Sathmar Swabian (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Alemannic German (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European gen- — 400 descendants | Etymology Explorer