Words that come from Proto-Indo-European gley-

126 words across 29 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European gley- — including clean, cleansing, cleaner, cleanse, cleanup, cleanest, cleanser, cleanseth.

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English (42)

German (34)

Dutch (12)

Old English (6)

Serbo-Croatian (3)

Middle English (3)

Tok Pisin (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)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Limburgish (1)

Finnish (1)

Old Norse (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)