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

62 words across 35 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European kewk- — including Ashoka, Cygnus, cygnet, Shukra, cygnus, cycnus, κύκνος, cygnine.

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English (6)

Telugu (5)

Sanskrit (4)

Burmese (3)

Greek (3)

Old French (3)

Proto-Indo-Iranian (3)

Latin (2)

Ancient Greek (2)

Italian (2)

Translingual (2)

Spanish (2)

Hindi (2)

Middle English (2)

Albanian (1)

Pali (1)

Esperanto (1)

French (1)

Kalasha (1)

Asturian (1)

Sicilian (1)

Catalan (1)

Middle French (1)

Classical Syriac (1)

Proto-Albanian (1)

Galician (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Portuguese (1)

Bengali (1)

Romansch (1)

Thai (1)

Proto-Indo-Aryan (1)

Norman (1)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Late Latin (1)