Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “h₂égʰos”

268 words across 38 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂égʰos — including against, eyes, age, eye, awful, awe, aging, awfully.

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English (186)

Middle English (16)

Tok Pisin (5)

Old English (5)

German (4)

Middle High German (4)

Swedish (3)

Old Norse (3)

Proto-West Germanic (3)

Ancient Greek (2)

Danish (2)

Latin (2)

Dutch (2)

Sranan Tongo (2)

Italian (2)

Icelandic (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Portuguese (2)

Spanish (2)

Westrobothnian (1)

Old High German (1)

Japanese (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Faroese (1)

Norwegian (1)

Gothic (1)

Latvian (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Russian (1)

French (1)

Yiddish (1)

Afrikaans (1)

West Frisian (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Kriol (1)

Scots (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Old Dutch (1)