Words that come from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂-s-to-s

94 words across 23 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂-s-to-s — including waist, waistcoat, wasteful, wast, waistband, waistline, waisted, wastefulness.

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English (37)

Dutch (14)

German (10)

Old English (5)

Middle English (3)

Middle Dutch (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Irish (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Old High German (2)

Japanese (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Middle High German (1)

Frankish (1)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Urdu (1)

Yola (1)

Pichinglis (1)

Ushojo (1)

Hindi (1)