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

400 words across 39 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European kʷeys- — including sure, security, secure, surely, accurate, accuracy, curiosity, accurately.

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English (198)

Italian (43)

Latin (34)

French (29)

Dutch (8)

Swedish (7)

Catalan (7)

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Hungarian (5)

Manx (5)

Irish (5)

Venetian (4)

Middle Dutch (3)

Friulian (3)

Middle French (3)

Esperanto (3)

Polish (3)

Russian (3)

Turkish (3)

Luxembourgish (2)

Galician (2)

Indonesian (2)

Icelandic (2)

Bulgarian (2)

Georgian (2)

Japanese (2)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Old High German (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Greek (1)

Translingual (1)

Crimean Tatar (1)

Maltese (1)

Welsh (1)

Vilamovian (1)

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Arabic (1)