Words that come from Proto-Indo-European kʷyeh₁-

362 words across 51 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European kʷyeh₁- — including while, quiet, quietly, whilst, awhile, worthwhile, quieter, acquiesce.

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English (93)

Latin (47)

Italian (44)

Spanish (19)

French (14)

Portuguese (13)

Old French (9)

German (8)

Old English (8)

Middle English (8)

Middle French (6)

Norwegian Bokmål (6)

Galician (5)

Ido (5)

Late Latin (5)

Swedish (4)

Polish (4)

Proto-Indo-European (4)

Gothic (4)

Old Portuguese (4)

Catalan (3)

Danish (3)

Dutch (3)

Esperanto (3)

Proto-Germanic (3)

Vulgar Latin (3)

Middle Dutch (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Friulian (2)

Old Norse (2)

Finnish (2)

Proto-Italic (2)

Old High German (2)

Medieval Latin (2)

Middle High German (2)

Old Danish (1)

Proto-Iranian (1)

Asturian (1)

Japanese (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Faroese (1)

Icelandic (1)

Ossetian (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Norman (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Occitan (1)

Papiamentu (1)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)