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

98 words across 22 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European kʷerp- — including whirling, whirl, whorl, whorled, awhirl, whirly, whirlin, whirlybird.

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English (19)

German (14)

Icelandic (9)

Old English (7)

Dutch (6)

Norwegian Bokmål (5)

Proto-Germanic (5)

Old Saxon (5)

Old Norse (4)

Danish (3)

Polish (3)

Middle English (3)

Middle Dutch (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Esperanto (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Old High German (2)

Faroese (1)

Hungarian (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Middle High German (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European kʷerp- — 98 descendants | Etymology Explorer