Words that come from Proto-Indo-European kʷyéh₁tis

400 words across 47 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European kʷyéh₁tis — including quite, quiet, quietly, quit, tranquil, tranquillity, quieter, acquiesce.

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English (107)

Latin (58)

Italian (53)

Spanish (23)

Portuguese (20)

French (17)

Finnish (16)

Esperanto (12)

Old French (10)

Middle French (9)

Catalan (8)

Galician (8)

Ido (5)

Telugu (5)

Romanian (5)

Swedish (4)

Old Portuguese (3)

Veps (2)

Irish (2)

Friulian (2)

Norman (2)

German (2)

Middle English (2)

Anglo-Norman (2)

Proto-Finnic (1)

Estonian (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Crimean Tatar (1)

Dutch (1)

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Albanian (1)

Livvi (1)

Old Swedish (1)

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Danish (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Old Norse (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Occitan (1)

Ludian (1)

Proto-Italic (1)

Old Catalan (1)

Papiamentu (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European kʷyéh₁tis — 400 descendants | Etymology Explorer