Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “h₂leyH-”

221 words across 37 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH- — including limit, limiting, unlimited, limitless, lemonade, limes, illimitable, lintel.

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Latin (77)

English (51)

French (13)

Italian (11)

Spanish (7)

Romanian (6)

German (5)

Esperanto (4)

Irish (4)

Old French (4)

Hungarian (3)

Scottish Gaelic (3)

Middle English (3)

Japanese (2)

Seychellois Creole (2)

Norman (2)

Mauritian Creole (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Finnish (2)

Proto-Italic (1)

Swedish (1)

Russian (1)

Asturian (1)

Yiddish (1)

Translingual (1)

Proto-Celtic (1)

Old Irish (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Dutch (1)

Catalan (1)

Venetian (1)

Wolof (1)

American English (1)

Portuguese (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Middle French (1)