Words that come from Proto-Indo-European h₂életi

400 words across 43 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂életi — including world, old, elderly, altar, elder, worldwide, coalition, eldest.

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English (206)

Latin (39)

Italian (30)

French (19)

Dutch (16)

Icelandic (8)

Swedish (7)

Catalan (6)

Esperanto (6)

Faroese (5)

Afrikaans (4)

Irish (4)

Danish (3)

West Frisian (3)

Luxembourgish (3)

Galician (3)

Czech (3)

Old High German (2)

Volapük (2)

Old Irish (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Ido (2)

Asturian (2)

Russian (2)

Polish (2)

North Frisian (1)

Proto-Italic (1)

Old Spanish (1)

Neapolitan (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Crimean Gothic (1)

Friulian (1)

Yola (1)

Ladin (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Extremaduran (1)

Cebuano (1)

Hiligaynon (1)

Tagalog (1)

Japanese (1)

Indonesian (1)

Turkish (1)