Words that come from Proto-Indo-European h₂ōwyóm

400 words across 54 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂ōwyóm — including edge, eggs, egg, oval, ovary, ovaries, ovulation, ova.

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English (241)

Latin (29)

Dutch (12)

Icelandic (9)

French (7)

Italian (7)

Armenian (7)

Swedish (6)

Irish (6)

Ancient Greek (5)

Danish (5)

Luxembourgish (5)

Faroese (4)

Catalan (3)

Sicilian (3)

Venetian (3)

Japanese (3)

Aromanian (2)

Esperanto (2)

Czech (2)

Polish (2)

Cornish (2)

Greek (2)

Hungarian (2)

Welsh (2)

Proto-Italic (1)

Old High German (1)

Crimean Gothic (1)

Galician (1)

Ido (1)

Old Irish (1)

Proto-Celtic (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Russian (1)

Manx (1)

Lombard (1)

Middle Armenian (1)

Slovak (1)

Polabian (1)

Slovene (1)

Bulgarian (1)

Ukrainian (1)

Macedonian (1)

Michif (1)

Old Spanish (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Asturian (1)

Cahuilla (1)

Old East Slavic (1)

Friulian (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Proto-Hellenic (1)

Yiddish (1)

Tagalog (1)