Words that come from Proto-Indo-European kʷoynéh₂

277 words across 66 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European kʷoynéh₂ — including pain, punishment, penalty, penal, punitive, subpoena, penalize, peine.

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English (53)

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Dutch (16)

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Esperanto (4)

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Polish (3)

Galician (3)

Ladin (3)

Armenian (3)

Old Armenian (3)

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Russian (2)

Old Occitan (2)

Proto-Slavic (2)

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Proto-Germanic (2)

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