Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “h₂ḱū”

122 words across 22 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂ḱū — including coin, cuneiform, quince, Cuneo, coign, cuneate, precuneus, quoin.

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English (43)

Italian (14)

Latin (13)

French (10)

Middle English (8)

Romanian (7)

Spanish (7)

Portuguese (4)

Old French (2)

Old Portuguese (2)

Japanese (1)

Albanian (1)

Aromanian (1)

Irish (1)

Korean (1)

Finnish (1)

Hindi (1)

Thai (1)

German (1)

Norman (1)

Vulgar Latin (1)

New Latin (1)