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

400 words across 31 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European kóylos — including whole, health, holy, healthy, hole, wholly, healing, holes.

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English (290)

Dutch (25)

Swedish (15)

Danish (12)

Middle Dutch (4)

Old Dutch (4)

Icelandic (4)

Polish (4)

Luxembourgish (4)

Old Swedish (3)

Czech (3)

Faroese (3)

Norwegian (3)

Russian (3)

Old High German (2)

Slovak (2)

Japanese (2)

Esperanto (2)

Macedonian (2)

Latvian (2)

West Frisian (1)

Welsh (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Crimean Gothic (1)

Vandalic (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Chinese (1)

Korean (1)

Slovene (1)

French (1)

Middle French (1)