Words that come from Proto-Indo-European h₂welh₁-

400 words across 42 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂welh₁- — including will, value, available, willing, valuable, Walter, valid, validity.

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English (289)

Latin (27)

French (13)

Middle French (6)

Italian (5)

Dutch (3)

Slovene (3)

Cebuano (3)

Swedish (3)

Catalan (3)

Galician (3)

Esperanto (3)

Proto-Celtic (2)

Welsh (2)

Russian (2)

Tagalog (2)

Faroese (2)

Icelandic (2)

Asturian (2)

Macedonian (2)

Czech (2)

Frankish (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Friulian (1)

Chinese (1)

Ladin (1)

Old East Slavic (1)

Hausa (1)

Sanskrit (1)

Old Danish (1)

Ukrainian (1)

Lule Sami (1)

Japanese (1)

Old High German (1)

Proto-Finnic (1)

Danish (1)

Norwegian (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Estonian (1)

Veps (1)

Classical Nahuatl (1)

Korean (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European h₂welh₁- — 400 descendants | Etymology Explorer