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

102 words across 32 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European grey- — including cry, crying, decry, crier, descry, crieth, criers, crybaby.

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English (30)

French (12)

Middle English (8)

Esperanto (7)

Old French (6)

Middle French (4)

German (3)

Ido (2)

Catalan (2)

Tok Pisin (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Norman (2)

Old High German (2)

Middle High German (2)

Dutch (1)

Frankish (1)

Chinook Jargon (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Hunsrik (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

German Low German (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Scots (1)

Occitan (1)

Romansch (1)

Portuguese (1)

Spanish (1)

Old Spanish (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Medieval Latin (1)

Middle Low German (1)