Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “kleh₂u-”

48 words across 24 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European kleh₂u- — including sternocleidomastoid, cleithrum, κλειτορίς, κλείω, κλείς, κλαίω, clitoris, clitoride.

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Greek (8)

Ancient Greek (7)

French (5)

English (2)

Italian (2)

Proto-Hellenic (2)

Spanish (2)

Portuguese (2)

Dutch (2)

New Latin (2)

Turkish (1)

Aramaic (1)

Asturian (1)

Galician (1)

Classical Syriac (1)

Latin (1)

Zazaki (1)

Persian (1)

Middle Persian (1)

Tajik (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Byzantine Greek (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European kleh₂u- — 48 descendants | Etymology Explorer