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

53 words across 20 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European ken- — including hinder, hindrance, epitaph, hindering, hinderance, cenotaph, taphonomic, taphonomy.

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English (26)

Ancient Greek (3)

Icelandic (3)

Danish (2)

Greek (2)

Latin (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

French (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Proto-Hellenic (1)

Italian (1)

Hungarian (1)

Swedish (1)

Old Norse (1)

Old French (1)

Spanish (1)

Old English (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Middle English (1)