Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “h₂el-”

56 words across 30 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂el- — including Aldershot, alder, alderwood, alderfly, aldern, al, els, alksnis.

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English (6)

Polish (4)

Norwegian Nynorsk (4)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Latvian (3)

Esperanto (3)

Serbo-Croatian (3)

Swedish (2)

Proto-Indo-European (2)

Danish (2)

Old Norse (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Middle English (2)

Dutch (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

French (1)

Slovak (1)

Slovene (1)

Scots (1)

Old English (1)

Proto-Slavic (1)

Lower Sorbian (1)

German (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Old High German (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Proto-Balto-Slavic (1)

Frankish (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European h₂el- — 56 descendants | Etymology Explorer