Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “h₁réypeh₂”

205 words across 40 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₁réypeh₂ — including river, River, arrival, arrive, riparian, rivet, riverbank, Riviera.

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English (83)

Italian (18)

French (11)

Dutch (10)

Portuguese (9)

Middle English (6)

Latin (5)

Old French (5)

Catalan (4)

Galician (4)

Spanish (4)

Vulgar Latin (4)

Old Occitan (3)

Middle French (3)

German (3)

Old Portuguese (3)

Friulian (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Romanian (2)

Occitan (2)

Haitian Creole (2)

Norman (2)

Afrikaans (1)

Greek (1)

Sicilian (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Aromanian (1)

Novial (1)

Japanese (1)

Istriot (1)

Ligurian (1)

Papiamentu (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Franco-Provençal (1)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Kabuverdianu (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Late Latin (1)

Proto-Italic (1)