Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “h₁ésmi”

400 words across 39 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésmi — including am, present, future, essential, represent, absence, improve, representation.

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English (222)

Latin (48)

Italian (31)

French (23)

Ancient Greek (9)

Galician (8)

Greek (7)

Catalan (6)

Asturian (4)

Maltese (4)

Middle French (3)

Czech (3)

Danish (2)

Neapolitan (2)

Sicilian (2)

Armenian (2)

Irish (2)

Albanian (1)

Sanskrit (1)

Romagnol (1)

Corsican (1)

Piedmontese (1)

Proto-Balto-Slavic (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Japanese (1)

Proto-Hellenic (1)

Polish (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Russian (1)

Ukrainian (1)

Hungarian (1)

Swedish (1)

Istriot (1)

Venetian (1)

Hiligaynon (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

West Flemish (1)

Tagalog (1)