Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “h₂élyos”

400 words across 34 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂élyos — including else, allies, alien, ally, Allies, alienation, allegory, allergic.

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English (220)

Latin (29)

Italian (18)

Irish (17)

Armenian (16)

French (15)

Ancient Greek (14)

Esperanto (13)

Galician (9)

Greek (6)

Translingual (5)

Old Dutch (3)

Middle Dutch (3)

Catalan (3)

Hungarian (3)

Dutch (3)

Gothic (3)

Polish (2)

Japanese (2)

Middle Armenian (2)

Danish (1)

Swedish (1)

Middle French (1)

Old Irish (1)

Proto-Celtic (1)

Welsh (1)

Mirandese (1)

Slovak (1)

Proto-Hellenic (1)

Faroese (1)

Icelandic (1)

Russian (1)

Aromanian (1)

Asturian (1)