Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “h₂ṓws”

400 words across 51 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂ṓws — including here, hear, hair, ear, hut, ere, herein, acoustic.

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English (214)

Ancient Greek (20)

Swedish (16)

Dutch (15)

Translingual (15)

Italian (15)

French (12)

Latin (9)

Icelandic (8)

Greek (6)

West Frisian (5)

Danish (5)

Old Frisian (4)

Old Dutch (3)

Polish (3)

Luxembourgish (3)

Japanese (3)

Central Franconian (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Afrikaans (2)

Old High German (2)

Esperanto (2)

Armenian (2)

Faroese (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Middle French (2)

Yiddish (2)

Middle High German (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

German Low German (1)

Czech (1)

Slovak (1)

Bulgarian (1)

Russian (1)

Slovene (1)

Catalan (1)

Galician (1)

Proto-Balto-Slavic (1)

Elfdalian (1)

Nigerian Pidgin (1)

Asturian (1)

Kashubian (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Macedonian (1)

Gothic (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Ukrainian (1)

Friulian (1)

North Frisian (1)

Korean (1)