Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “h₂ékʷeh₂”

400 words across 54 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ — including eight, ye, island, aqueous, yeah, aquatic, yea, ay.

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English (117)

Italian (42)

Icelandic (31)

Faroese (28)

Swedish (27)

Latin (26)

Danish (20)

French (18)

Esperanto (16)

Dutch (8)

Galician (4)

Ido (4)

Catalan (3)

Middle Dutch (3)

Old Occitan (3)

Hungarian (3)

Gallo (3)

Middle French (2)

Asturian (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Old Danish (2)

Ladin (2)

Russian (2)

Ligurian (2)

West Frisian (1)

Proto-Italic (1)

Old Spanish (1)

Japanese (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Istriot (1)

Chavacano (1)

Fala (1)

Corsican (1)

Lombard (1)

Neapolitan (1)

Sicilian (1)

Mirandese (1)

Piedmontese (1)

Megleno-Romanian (1)

Armenian (1)

Gothic (1)

Turkish (1)

Friulian (1)

Aragonese (1)

Norwegian (1)

Polish (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Chamicuro (1)

Dutch Low Saxon (1)

Irish (1)

Georgian (1)

Elfdalian (1)

Romagnol (1)

Emilian (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ — 400 descendants | Etymology Explorer