Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “h₂ewh₂-n-”

60 words across 22 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewh₂-n- — including uncle, avuncular, stepuncle, avunculocal, uncleship, avuncularly, avuncularity, unclehood.

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English (19)

Esperanto (6)

Ido (4)

German (4)

Catalan (3)

Latin (2)

French (2)

Albanian (2)

Norman (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Vulgar Latin (2)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Hawaiian (1)

Yiddish (1)

Middle French (1)

Occitan (1)

Old French (1)

Torres Strait Creole (1)

Romansch (1)

Hindi (1)

Middle English (1)