Words that come from Proto-Indo-European h₂eys-

269 words across 44 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂eys- — including ask, ass, axe, oar, oxen, jackass, oared, oarsman.

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English (118)

Dutch (25)

German (21)

Old English (16)

Middle English (8)

Old High German (5)

Proto-Indo-European (5)

Old Saxon (5)

Old Dutch (4)

Sanskrit (4)

Telugu (4)

Middle High German (4)

Middle Dutch (3)

Old Frisian (3)

Low German (3)

Proto-Germanic (3)

Old Armenian (3)

Proto-West Germanic (3)

Luxembourgish (2)

Armenian (2)

Hindi (2)

Scots (2)

Tok Pisin (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

West Frisian (1)

Russian (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Nigerian Pidgin (1)

Japanese (1)

Slovene (1)

Tamil (1)

Urdu (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Pali (1)

Polish (1)

Proto-Slavic (1)

Thai (1)

Old Church Slavonic (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Proto-Indo-Aryan (1)

Proto-Indo-Iranian (1)

Jamaican Creole (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Proto-Balto-Slavic (1)