Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “kʷyeh₁tos”

214 words across 28 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European kʷyeh₁tos — including quiet, quietly, quieter, quietness, disquiet, disquieting, coy, quietude.

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English (56)

Italian (37)

Latin (19)

Spanish (16)

French (11)

Portuguese (10)

Old French (9)

Middle English (7)

Middle French (5)

Galician (5)

Ido (5)

Old Portuguese (4)

Late Latin (4)

Catalan (3)

Dutch (3)

Esperanto (3)

Vulgar Latin (3)

Middle Dutch (2)

Friulian (2)

Medieval Latin (2)

Asturian (1)

Swedish (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Norman (1)

Occitan (1)

Proto-Italic (1)

Papiamentu (1)

Anglo-Norman (1)