Words that come from Proto-Indo-European kwind-

12 words across 4 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European kwind- — including whitening, whiten, whitener, acetowhitening, prewhiten, whiteneth, whitenest, whitenize.

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English (8)

Middle English (2)

Old Norse (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)