Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “h₂egʷ-”

155 words across 51 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂egʷ- — including yawning, Una, yawn, yean, ean, amniocentesis, Oona, amnion.

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English (37)

Latin (11)

Serbo-Croatian (8)

Romanian (8)

Irish (6)

Italian (5)

French (5)

Czech (4)

Proto-Slavic (4)

Middle English (4)

Ancient Greek (3)

Slovene (3)

Aromanian (3)

Old French (3)

Dutch (2)

Proto-Celtic (2)

Cornish (2)

Old East Slavic (2)

Bulgarian (2)

Catalan (2)

Slovak (2)

Russian (2)

Breton (2)

Old Church Slavonic (2)

Scottish Gaelic (2)

Lower Sorbian (2)

Old English (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Old Irish (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Galician (1)

Polish (1)

Greek (1)

Sicilian (1)

Manx (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Macedonian (1)

Ukrainian (1)

Friulian (1)

Spanish (1)

Finnish (1)

Occitan (1)

Norman (1)

Romansch (1)

Portuguese (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Upper Sorbian (1)

Proto-Balto-Slavic (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Proto-Albanian (1)