Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “h₂élis-”

199 words across 50 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂élis- — including else, Aldershot, alder, Aldridge, els, Allerton, Aldrin, elsewhither.

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English (36)

Swedish (22)

Romanian (14)

Polish (13)

Old English (9)

Dutch (8)

Danish (8)

Proto-Germanic (5)

Icelandic (5)

Latin (4)

Latvian (4)

French (4)

Esperanto (4)

Serbo-Croatian (4)

German (4)

Middle English (4)

Middle Dutch (3)

Italian (3)

Old French (3)

Ukrainian (3)

Old Swedish (2)

Turkish (2)

Czech (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Old Norse (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Old High German (2)

Vulgar Latin (2)

Portuguese (2)

Aromanian (1)

Translingual (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Russian (1)

Chinese (1)

Cebuano (1)

Venetian (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Scots (1)

Proto-Slavic (1)

Lower Sorbian (1)

Norman (1)

Proto-Baltic (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Proto-Balto-Slavic (1)

Frankish (1)

Votic (1)

Old Czech (1)

Franco-Provençal (1)

Yiddish (1)