Words that come from Proto-Indo-European h₂eltós

400 words across 65 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂eltós — including old, elderly, altar, elder, eldest, altitude, Highness, haughty.

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English (113)

Esperanto (42)

Italian (33)

Latin (25)

Dutch (25)

French (15)

Danish (13)

Irish (10)

German (10)

Catalan (7)

Luxembourgish (5)

Galician (5)

Asturian (5)

Yiddish (5)

Middle Dutch (4)

Afrikaans (4)

Ido (4)

Japanese (4)

Romanian (4)

Icelandic (3)

Old Dutch (3)

Czech (3)

Swedish (3)

Portuguese (3)

Faroese (2)

Friulian (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Russian (2)

Vilamovian (2)

Dalmatian (2)

Gothic (2)

Ligurian (2)

Cimbrian (2)

Old English (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

North Frisian (1)

West Frisian (1)

Old High German (1)

Old Spanish (1)

Neapolitan (1)

Crimean Gothic (1)

Yola (1)

Ladin (1)

Extremaduran (1)

Cebuano (1)

Hiligaynon (1)

Tagalog (1)

Polish (1)

Manx (1)

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