Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “h₂wep-”

56 words across 20 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂wep- — including evil, worst, worsted, evilly, evildoer, evildoing, worstest, nonevil.

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English (14)

Middle English (10)

German (5)

Old English (4)

Middle Dutch (3)

Dutch (2)

Old High German (2)

Gothic (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Middle High German (2)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Faroese (1)

Swedish (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Old Norse (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European h₂wep- — 56 descendants | Etymology Explorer