Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “kan-”
400 words across 53 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European kan- — including charm, incentive, accent, hen, chant, chanting, canine, cant.
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English (177)
- charm
- incentive
- accent
- hen
- chant
- chanting
- canine
- cant
- enchantment
- canteen
- terrier
- kennel
- cantilever
- accentuate
- canto
- canter
- disenchantment
- decanter
- cantata
- recant
- enchanter
- recantation
- disincentive
- canting
- cantor
- chanson
- enchant
- chantry
- precentor
- chanter
- kent
- cantina
- canthus
- henhouse
- canaille
- accentual
- canticle
- chenille
- decant
- plainchant
- henpecked
- cantabile
- decantation
- carminative
- incentivize
- charmless
- concent
- chanteuse
- cantorial
- hencoop
- microcantilever
- henwife
- incentivise
- accentless
- hennery
- henroost
- canzonet
- succentor
- charmonium
- kennelman
- chansonnier
- canorous
- caniniform
- telecanthus
- unkennel
- precentorship
- canzonetta
- henyard
- waterhen
- incentivization
- canicular
- Canicula
- charmful
- chantlike
- oscine
- urocanic
- tibicen
- reenchant
- accentually
- accentor
- countercharm
- henny
- cantion
- chansonnette
- unkent
- henpeck
- uncharming
- postcanine
- canicule
- charmeth
- woodhen
- buccina
- chanteth
- cantation
- henlike
- chantefable
- nanocantilever
- suboscine
- accentuality
- swamphen
- tibicines
- caninity
- charmlessness
- cantingly
- recanter
- charmest
- canorousness
- overaccentuate
- enchanteth
- terrierlike
- deaccent
- caninely
- henhood
- chanfrin
- urocanase
- caniform
- cantoral
- outcharm
- anticharm
- chantest
- reaccentuate
- henpeckery
- sagehen
- charmstone
- enchantest
- counterincentive
- chantingly
- subchanter
- uncharmable
- accentology
- canineness
- henpecker
- charmlessly
- uncharm
- buisine
- enchaunt
- incentively
- unaccent
- charmlike
- henless
- urocanate
- nonaccentual
- discharm
- kennellike
- fidicinal
- nonaccent
- hazelhen
- outcant
- electrodecantation
- precentorial
- decantable
- hahnium
- noncanine
- incentiveless
- canorously
- accentuable
- accentuator
- cantinière
- reaccent
- charmlet
- chantoosie
- buccinal
- caninal
- henfish
- henhussy
- oscinine
- charmable
- turkey-hen
- canophilia
- chantepleure
- acarminative
- charmfest
- eco-incentive
- bush-hen
- misincentive
- water hen
- urocanic acid
Latin (46)
- accentus
- accentor
- cantor
- bucina
- canis
- caninus
- cantabilis
- cantatio
- canto
- canthus
- canticulum
- cantus
- cantio
- canere
- carmen
- cano
- incentivus
- incinere
- oscen
- recantare
- recanto
- canticum
- canem
- canatim
- cantare
- Canicula
- canorus
- lusciniolus
- luscinia
- decanto
- rebucinare
- bucinare
- cornicen
- -cen
- incanto
- concino
- catella
- catulus
- accentuare
- canicularis
- carminum
- canicula
- cantans
- tubicen
- tubicino
- concentus
Italian (40)
- cantabile
- cantare
- cantina
- canzonetta
- canzone
- accento
- canto
- terrier
- accanto
- cagna
- cantuccio
- canile
- canoro
- carme
- lusignolo
- usignolo
- charme
- cantore
- incantare
- incantevole
- canaglia
- cane
- canticchiare
- cacchio
- buccina
- cagnaccio
- canicola
- cantata
- canzoniere
- cantuccino
- cagnone
- cagnesco
- cantiniere
- cantico
- controcanto
- concento
- canzonaccia
- canaio
- accentare
- accentatura