Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “h₂eḱs-”

400 words across 59 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱs- — including axis, coalition, gravel, axe, axial, axle, coax, axillary.

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English (167)

French (34)

Latin (32)

Italian (19)

Dutch (17)

Manx (11)

Irish (10)

Catalan (9)

Latvian (8)

Galician (8)

Esperanto (5)

Czech (4)

Russian (4)

Dalmatian (4)

Asturian (3)

Hungarian (3)

Albanian (3)

Ido (3)

German (3)

Middle French (2)

Friulian (2)

Old Spanish (2)

Venetian (2)

Turkish (2)

Faroese (2)

Japanese (2)

Yiddish (2)

Bashkir (2)

Breton (2)

Polish (2)

Aromanian (2)

Spanish (2)

Swedish (1)

Slovak (1)

Slovene (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Translingual (1)

Icelandic (1)

Old Irish (1)

Proto-Bahnaric (1)

Sicilian (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Ligurian (1)

Cimbrian (1)

Livonian (1)

Macedonian (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Scanian (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Armenian (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Tagalog (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Portuguese (1)

Finnish (1)

Middle English (1)

Aklanon (1)