Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “h₂ekʷeh₂”

400 words across 54 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂ekʷeh₂ — including eight, ye, island, aqueous, yeah, aquatic, yea, ay.

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English (117)

Italian (42)

Icelandic (31)

Faroese (28)

Swedish (27)

Latin (26)

Danish (20)

French (18)

Esperanto (16)

Dutch (8)

Galician (4)

Ido (4)

Catalan (3)

Middle Dutch (3)

Old Occitan (3)

Hungarian (3)

Gallo (3)

Middle French (2)

Asturian (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Old Danish (2)

Ladin (2)

Russian (2)

Ligurian (2)

West Frisian (1)

Proto-Italic (1)

Old Spanish (1)

Japanese (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Istriot (1)

Chavacano (1)

Fala (1)

Corsican (1)

Lombard (1)

Neapolitan (1)

Sicilian (1)

Mirandese (1)

Piedmontese (1)

Megleno-Romanian (1)

Armenian (1)

Gothic (1)

Turkish (1)

Friulian (1)

Aragonese (1)

Norwegian (1)

Polish (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Chamicuro (1)

Dutch Low Saxon (1)

Irish (1)

Georgian (1)

Elfdalian (1)

Romagnol (1)

Emilian (1)