Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “kh₂ndʰ”

400 words across 59 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European kh₂ndʰ — including accent, chant, chanting, cant, enchantment, canteen, cantilever, accentuate.

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English (86)

Latin (55)

French (27)

Italian (26)

Spanish (24)

Portuguese (15)

Old French (11)

Norwegian Nynorsk (9)

Romanian (9)

Catalan (8)

Galician (7)

Friulian (7)

German (7)

Norman (7)

Asturian (6)

Danish (6)

Irish (6)

Esperanto (5)

Cebuano (5)

Finnish (5)

Polish (4)

Aromanian (4)

Swedish (4)

Turkish (4)

Occitan (4)

Middle French (3)

Dutch (3)

Russian (3)

Serbo-Croatian (3)

Old Occitan (2)

Venetian (2)

Neapolitan (2)

Japanese (2)

Maquiritari (2)

Romansch (2)

Walloon (2)

Aragonese (1)

Tagalog (1)

Maltese (1)

Corsican (1)

Icelandic (1)

Sicilian (1)

Albanian (1)

Old Irish (1)

Bulgarian (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Ladin (1)

Konkani (1)

Ligurian (1)

Hausa (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Franco-Provençal (1)

Middle English (1)

Picard (1)

Scottish Gaelic (1)

Sardinian (1)

Old English (1)

Papiamentu (1)