Words that come from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ-

400 words across 45 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ- — including relevant, relief, lung, relevance, relieve, irrelevant, elevator, leverage.

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English (123)

Italian (75)

Latin (57)

French (34)

Dutch (20)

Swedish (9)

Icelandic (9)

Catalan (7)

Russian (5)

Czech (5)

Esperanto (4)

Armenian (4)

Danish (3)

Luxembourgish (3)

Galician (3)

Proto-Indo-European (3)

Middle French (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Neapolitan (2)

Bulgarian (2)

Telugu (2)

Friulian (2)

Sanskrit (1)

Ancient Greek (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Old Spanish (1)

Indonesian (1)

Japanese (1)

Old Irish (1)

Irish (1)

Faroese (1)

Crimean Tatar (1)

Polish (1)

Slovene (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Turkish (1)

Venetian (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Aromanian (1)

Old High German (1)

Yiddish (1)

Slovak (1)

Hebrew (1)

Ukrainian (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ- — 400 descendants | Etymology Explorer