Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “h₂éḱos”

55 words across 20 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂éḱos — including atas, atasan, mengatasi, mataas, taas, taas, aswang, Mataasnakahoy.

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Tagalog (14)

Indonesian (8)

Cebuano (8)

Bikol Central (5)

Malay (4)

Proto-Austronesian (2)

Hiligaynon (1)

Pashto (1)

Proto-Malayic (1)

Classical Latin (1)

English (1)

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (1)

Proto-Italic (1)

Hausa (1)

Kedah Malay (1)

Iban (1)

Minangkabau (1)

Negeri Sembilan Malay (1)

Tausug (1)

Maranao (1)