Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “h₁wérus”

255 words across 49 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₁wérus — including European, Europe, Europa, aneurysm, Eurasian, Eurocentric, Europeanization, aneurysmal.

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English (136)

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