Words that come from Proto-Indo-European h₁léngʰus

400 words across 36 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₁léngʰus — including leave, leaving, leaves, relevant, relief, League, elevation, relevance.

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English (150)

Latin (74)

Italian (67)

French (37)

Catalan (10)

Esperanto (6)

Telugu (5)

Sanskrit (4)

Swedish (3)

Galician (3)

Aromanian (3)

Friulian (3)

Hungarian (3)

Ancient Greek (2)

Middle French (2)

Neapolitan (2)

Greek (2)

Irish (2)

Russian (2)

Japanese (2)

Danish (2)

Ido (2)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Old Spanish (1)

Welsh (1)

Crimean Tatar (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Turkish (1)

Venetian (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Old Irish (1)

Middle Irish (1)

Korean (1)

Istriot (1)

Interlingua (1)

North Frisian (1)